title: Logistic regression: a nontechnical review.
abstract: Medical rehabilitation researchers are increasingly interested in investigating complex, multivariate problems. Logistic regression analysis is a statistical tool that may be useful in exploring the relationship between multiple explanatory factors and a categorical outcome. The purpose of this article is to describe logistic regression analysis in nontechnical terms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-1143, USA.
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Ostir
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchida
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015206:Southwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology