A Practical Guide to Logistic Regression Using Stata

Alan Acock’s book, “A Practical Guide to Logistic Regression Using Stata”, is for students and researchers who are new to logistic regression and who want to focus on applications, rather than theory. Readers will learn when to use logistic regression in their research and how to fit these models in Stata. Acock gives special attention to interpretation and presentation of results, focusing on how odds ratios provide meaningful information and on how to graphically present the results in a ways that everyone can easily understand. The book also shows readers how to assess the fit of their logistic regression model and to evaluate the model’s predictive abilities. This application-oriented introduction to modeling binary outcomes using logistic regression teaches readers of all levels to confidently fit, assess, interpret, and visualize these models using their own data.