In this chapter, we consider the situation in which the response variable is based on a series of "yes"/"no" responses, such as whether a particular restaurant is recommended by being included in a prestigious guide. Ideally such responses follow a binomial distribution in which case the appropriate model is a logistic regression model.
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Sheather, . (2009). Logistic Regression. In: A Modern Approach to Regression with R. Springer Texts in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09608-7_8
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