title: [Application of the logistic regression procedure to the classification of species on an example of the genu Diplostomum Nord (Digenea)].
abstract: We introduce logistic regression procedure and explain how it can be applied for classification of species. This technique is more useful than traditionally used linear discriminant analysis since it does not require multivariate normality in populations being classified. Finally, the proposed approach is illustrated by an example of classification of four species of metacercariae of Diplosomum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6330, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niewiadomska-Bugaj
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016015:Logistic Models; D011336:Probability; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013045:Species Specificity; D014200:Trematoda / Q000145:classification*