Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research uses a full code program, examples and graphics to explain multi-class logistic regression, an extension technique that allows you to predict a class that can ...

In recent columns we showed how linear regression can be used to predict a continuous dependent variable given other independent variables 1,2. When the dependent variable is categorical, a common ...

Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete end-to-end program that explains how to perform binary classification (predicting a variable with two possible discrete values) using ...

What are the advantages of logistic regression over decision trees? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is usually diagnosed by clinicians through cognitive and functional performance test with a potential risk of misdiagnosis. Since the progression of AD is known to cause ...

A class of conditional logistic regression models for clustered binary data is considered. This includes the polychotomous logistic model of Rosner (1984) as a special case. Properties such as the ...