title: Analysis of data in nephrology. V. Contingency tables.
abstract: The first article in this series dealt with 2 x 2 contingency tables. We now return to contingency tables and discuss those formed by a dichotomous response variable and a discrete, but not dichotomous, explanatory variable. The logit transform is introduced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Appleton
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases; D008722:Methods; D012307:Risk Factors