topic Re: Statistical test for binary independent variables in Statistical Procedures

Statistical test for binary independent variables

Babloo — Tue, 10 May 2016 18:18:43 GMT

Dear SAS experts,

Could you please tell me the statistical test that suits for binary independent variables and binary dependent variable? Would logistic regression be appropriate?

Re: Statistical test for binary independent variables

Reeza — Tue, 10 May 2016 18:27:14 GMT

Look into PROC CATMOD.

https://support.sas.com/rnd/app/stat/procedures/catmod.html

Re: Statistical test for binary independent variables

Rick_SAS — Tue, 10 May 2016 18:29:25 GMT

Could you tell us what you are testing for?

A common test is for association. For tests of association, you might want to run a chi-square test by using PROC FREQ.

You can use PROC LOGISTIC if you want to create a model that predicts the probability of the response variable for each level of the explanatory variable.

Re: Statistical test for binary independent variables

Ksharp — Wed, 11 May 2016 06:53:00 GMT

One more way is using Decision Tree, if you have it .

Re: Statistical test for binary independent variables

StatDave — Thu, 12 May 2016 19:22:44 GMT

For most purposes, PROC LOGISTIC is the procedure to use. It is definitely recommended, rather than CATMOD, for logistic modeling. This note describes the many possibilities.

Re: Statistical test for binary independent variables

DineshK1493 — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:49:07 GMT

If you want to build a predictive model than proc logistic would be suited. There are several other statistical tests for categorical data .so ultimately depends upon what you are testing for .