The research glossary defines terms used in conducting social science and policy research, for example those describing methods, measurements, statistical procedures, and other aspects of research; the child care glossary defines terms used to describe aspects of child care and early education practice and policy.
Logistic Regression
Logistic regression (or logit regression) is a special form of regression used to analyze the relationship between predictor variables and a dichotomous outcome variable. A dichotomous variable is a variable with only two possible values, e.g. child attends center-based child care (Yes/No). For example, a researcher might use logistic regression to study the relationships between parental education, household income, and parental employment and whether children receives child care from someone other than their parents (receives nonparent care/does not receive nonparent care).
Logit Model
A special form of regression used to analyze the relationship between predictor variables and a categorical outcome variable.