When the Dependent Variable Is Binary and There Are Several

question 58

Multiple Choice

When the dependent variable is binary and there are several independent variables that are metric,in addition to two-group discriminant analysis all of the following models can be used except ________.

• A) multiple discriminant analysis
• B) the probit model
• C) the logit model
• D) OLS regression

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