Date:         Wed, 24 Sep 1997 16:34:17 -0500
Reply-To:     "Nichols, David" <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Nichols, David" <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Logit regression
Comments: To: "William D. Hart, Ph.D., R.D., MPH" <hartwd@SLU.EDU>

Yes, a logit model fitted in SPSS in any of the procedures
set up to specifically estimate such a model in current
releases will give ML estimates.
 
David Nichols
Senior Support Statistician
SPSS Inc.
nichols@spss.com
 
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>From:  William D. Hart, Ph.D., R.D., MPH[SMTP:hartwd@SLU.EDU]
>Sent:  Thursday, September 18, 1997 1:12 PM
>To:    SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
>Subject:       Logit regression
>
>This is probably a simple question but does anyone know what method
>spss uses to do logit regression?  Does this process use a maximum
>likelihood estimator?
>
>
>TIA,
>
>William Hart
>