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Re: overdispersion in logistic regression

To: mtexeira@agro.uba.ar
Subject: Re: overdispersion in logistic regression
From: Sundar Dorai-Raj <sundar.dorai-raj@pdf.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:13:12 -0500
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mtexeira@agro.uba.ar wrote:
Hi:

Everybody knows how can I correct for overdispersion in a logistic regression problem ?

thanks
Marcos Texeira

Use the quasi family:

fit <- glm(Kyphosis ~ 1, quasi("logit", "mu(1-mu)"), kyphosis)
summary(fit)

HTH,

--sundar

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