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An Introduction to Logistic Regression Analysis and Reporting CHAO-YING JOANNE PENG KUK LIDA LEE GARY M. INGERSOLL Indiana University-Bloomington Kravitz, 1994; Tolman Weisz, 1995) and in education- ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to provide al research—especially in higher education (Austin, Yaffee, researchers, editors, and readers with a set of guidelines for Hinkle, 1992; Cabrera, 1994; Peng So, 2002a; Peng, what to expect in an article using logistic regression tech- So, Stage, St. John, 2002. With the wide availability of niques. Tables, figures, and charts that should be included to comprehensively assess the results and assumptions to be ver- sophisticated statistical software for high-speed computers, ified are discussed. This article demonstrates the preferred the use of logistic regression is increasing. This expanded pattern for the application of logistic methods with an illustra- use demands that researchers, editors, and readers be tion of logistic regression applied to a data set in testing a attuned to what to expect in an article that uses logistic research hypothesis. Recommendations are also offered for regression techniques. What tables, figures, or charts should appropriate reporting formats of logistic regression results and the minimum observation-to-predictor ratio. The authors be included to comprehensibly assess the results? What evaluated the use and interpretation of logistic regression pre- assumptions should be verified? In this article, we address sented in 8 articles published in The Journal of Educational these questions with an illustrat