Why Does a Researcher Decide to Use Logistic Regression Instead

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why does a researcher decide to use logistic regression instead of linear regression to calculate survival odds after suffering an out-of-hospital heart attack, in persons of various ages, genders, and cardiac diagnoses?

• A)Survival versus nonsurvival is a dichotomous variable.
• B)Having a heart attack is a variable that has many possible outcomes.
• C)Linear regression is less logical than is logistic regression.
• D)Age is a ratio-level variable.
• E)Gender is a nominal-level variable.
• F)Cardiac diagnosis is a nominal-level variable.

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