Statistical interpretation of Logistic Regression (opens in new tab)

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sixhobbits10y ago· 1 in thread

A very nice explanation. It's reminds me of Andrew Ng's lectures. Very impressive that the author seems to be a high school student - I'm only learning about these concepts now in Masters.

jgalt21210y ago

indeed, it blew me away that the author is a high school student.

graycat10y ago· 1 in thread

Still need that sigmoid assumption, and that's a lot to swallow.

jey10y ago

Yes, Logistic regression applies when you're modeling a binary random variable and expect the log-odds to be linearly related to your regressors.

jmount10y ago

Our group's take on logistic regression: http://www.win-vector.com/blog/2011/09/the-simpler-derivatio...

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