Date:         Tue, 5 Mar 2002 10:31:50 -0300
Reply-To:     hmaletta@fibertel.com.ar
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From:         Hector Maletta <hmaletta@fibertel.com.ar>
Subject:      Re: controlling for dichotomous independent variables
Comments: To: BILLGTTDNR@cs.com
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Of course it is, dichotomous or politomous (in the latter case they are
transformed into a series of dichotomous dummies). The resulting
coefficient tells the increase in the log odds when that variable
changes from 0 to 1.

Hector Maletta
Universidad del Salvador
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bill Gottdiener wrote:
>
> I would like to know if it's possible to control for dichotomous independent
> variables in a logistic regression. Thanks.
>
> Bill