ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we present a discussion of logistic regression-an alternative to discriminant anal-
ysis-and also discuss multiple regression for use in certain situations. Logistic regression has the same
basic purpose as discriminant analysis-the classification of individuals into groups. It is, in some ways,
more flexible and versatile than discriminant analysis, although mathematically, it can be quite a bit more
cumbersome. In this chapter, we also examine how logistic regression seeks to identify a combination of
IVs-which are limited in few, if any, ways-that best predicts membership in a particular group, as meas-
ured by a categorical DV.
