Date:         Sat, 3 Mar 2001 13:42:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Dave Reynolds <d_reynolds@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Dave Reynolds <d_reynolds@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Interpreting Binary Logistic Results
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Fellow SPSS-Xers,

Anyone want to take a stab interpreting these results?

My dep var is dropout (1 = dropout 0 = completed tx).

How do I figure out TO WHAT DEGREE these sig vars are important? What
impact do they have on the dep var?

Thanks in advance if you care to take a stab at it?

References would be greatly appreciated. I've used G. David Garson's
notes at http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/logistic.htm.


Variables in the Equation
        B       S.E.    Sig.    Exp(B)

Q5A1    -2.635  1.071   .014    .072    Higher likability means less
                           likely to pmt
Q5B1    1.931   .745    .010    6.894   Higher encouragement leds to
                          more likely to pmt
Q5C1    -2.111  .614    .001    .121    Higher advice means less
                      likely to pmt
SEX
MATCH(1)1.524   .762    .046    4.589   Means more likely to
                              dropupout
RACE
MATC(1) -2.167  .995    .029    .115    Less likely to drop out

INCOME  .002    .001    .018    1.002
EDUC2                   .021
EDUC2(1)        5.015   1.789   .005    150.639 More likely to dropout
EDUC2(2)        3.106   1.486   .037    22.323  More likely to dropout
OCC_ST(1)       -6.269  2.568   .015    .002    Less likely to dropout
OCC_TY(1)       8.732   3.381   .010    6200.607More likely to dropout





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