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R: st: R: Treating ind. vars in logit
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"Carlo Lazzaro" <[email protected]>
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R: st: R: Treating ind. vars in logit
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Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:40:36 +0200
Oops...misread!
Thanks to Richard for ponting this out.
Best,
Carlo
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] Per conto di Richard Williams
Inviato: sabato 20 aprile 2013 16:36
A: [email protected]
Oggetto: Re: st: R: Treating ind. vars in logit
For ordinal dependent variables, yes. But in this case the dependent
variable is binary and the independent variables are ordinal.
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On Apr 20, 2013, at 10:29 AM, "Carlo Lazzaro" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Athinagoras may be interested in taking a look at -help ologit- and
> click on [R] ologit.
>
>
> Kind Regads,
> Carlo
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> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] Per conto di Athinagoras
> Konstantinidis
> Inviato: sabato 20 aprile 2013 15:44
> A: [email protected]
> Oggetto: st: Treating ind. vars in logit
>
> Hello,
>
> My DV is a binary variable (Yes/No) and I am using a logit regression
> analysis.
>
> As for my independent variables,there are three I'm primarily interested
in.
> They are all ordinal categorical variables,each of which is of the form:
>
> Strongly Agree
> Agree
> Indifferent
> Disagree
> Strongly Disagree
>
> Whats the best way to include those variables in the model?
>
> I could arbitrarily plug some ordered values to each answer (e.g. -10
> for "Strongly Disagree", -5 for "Disagree", 0 for "Indifferent", etc).
>
> I could create dummies for each category and put them into the regression.
>
> Or,finally, I could create one dummy for each variable which divides
> the categories in half and put them into the regression e.g. dummy=1 if
("Str.
> agree" or "Agree") and dymmy=0 if ("Indif." or "Disagree" or "Str.
> Disagree")
>
> Which one of the three would you propose I do or, do you recommend any
> other alternatives?
>
> Appreciate your time.
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