Who Is Considered to Be the 'Inventor' of Logistic Regression

question 4

Multiple Choice

Who is considered to be the 'inventor' of logistic regression?

• A) Thomas Malthus
• B) Alphonse Quetelet
• C) Pierre-François Verhulst
• D) Karl Pearson

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Definitions:

Service Departments

Units within an organization that support other departments but do not directly contribute to the production of goods or delivery of primary services.

Reciprocal Method

A technique used in cost accounting to allocate service department costs to production departments by recognizing the interdependencies between service departments.

Direct Method

A means of allocating service department costs directly to production departments without apportioning them among service departments first.

Step-Down Method

A cost allocation method used in accounting to distribute overhead costs from service departments to production departments and then to specific products or services.