Statistical test for binary independent variables

[Babloo]

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?

[Reeza]

Look into PROC CATMOD.

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

[Rick_SAS]

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.

[Ksharp]

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

[StatDave]

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. 

[DineshK1493]

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 .