Re: st: Predicted probabilities after Poisson regression

[Gillian.Frost@hsl.gov.uk]

Thank you very much for your responses.  You have been extremely helpful.

Many thanks,

Gillian





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--- On Tue, 6/7/10, Gillian.Frost@hsl.gov.uk wrote:
> Therefore my outcome, low back pain, only ever takes the
> value of zero or  one.  However, the predicted probability
> of Y>1 is greater than zero, even though my outcome is
> only be zero or one. 

-poisson- is a model for counts not binary variables,
so that is  a logical consequence of your model. As long
as the average of your dependent for various values of 
your independent variable stays well away from 1 you can 
use it to get risk ratios, but that only works when the
predicted probability always remains low, otherwise the
assumpion of contant risk ratios is no longer reasonable.

Hope this helps,
Maarten 

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