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Subject: [S] multinomial regression
From: Hannoever <hann@Psyres-Stuttgart.DE>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 10:20:44 +0100 (MET)
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Dear members of the S+ list,

I am looking for a procedure that allows the prediction of the probability
to be in category A,B,C or D (nominal scale, not ordinal!) given the
predictors which can be as well as categorical and interval scaled. Very
similar to a logistic regression, but allowing for a nominally scaled
dependent variable with more than two categories.

An application would be to estimate the probability to be treated in
hospital A,B,C or D given the patients initial characteristics like
symptom severity, age, diagnosis etc...

I tried SAS proc CATMOD, but this allows only to a limited degree interval
scaled predictors. 

Does anybody know if there is a procedure or library for S+ that can do
this kind of multinomial regression? Can I download it somewhere? Are
there references?

Thanks in advance!

Matthias

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Matthias Richard (doctoral candidate)

Center for Research on Psychotherapy
Christian-Belser-Str. 79a
70593 Suttgart
Germany
email: richard@psyres-stuttgart.de
telephone: ++49-711-6781-408
http://www.psyres-stuttgart.de

COST Action B6:
'Efficient Psychotherapy of Eating Disorders'
(COoperation of Science and Technology in the European Union)
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