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Jade_SAS
Pyrite | Level 9

Hi All,

 

    What statistics analysis is recommended if you have dichotomous independent variables and continuous depend variable? The depend variable values includes 0, 1 and values between 0 and 1 (the probability of an accident).

 

Thank you!

 

Thanks,

Jade

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sbxkoenk
SAS Super FREQ

Hello,

 

Your dependent (=outcome) variable is not entirely continuous.
As it is a proportion, it is bounded by 0 and 1 (included). So you have a limited dependent variable.

You have to look at the distribution of the outcome.
Based on that you can decide to fit a GLMM with Poisson distribution (PROC GLIMMIX).

But the safest choice is probably a GLMM with beta regression (also with PROC GLIMMIX).

 

You might have to tackle some non-convergence problems, but we can look into this at a later stage (should you stumble upon non-convergence).

Good luck,
Koen

Jade_SAS
Pyrite | Level 9

Thank you! 

If I choose another Binary dependent variable (0 &1 only, the independent variables are all dichotomous ), will logistic regression be recommended?

Ksharp
Super User
That could be done. But I would suggest to use PROC FREQ or PROC CATMOD if all the variable are 0 & 1 .
StatDave
SAS Super FREQ

Since your response is a proportion, if you have the numerator and denominator values for each of the proportions, then you can use the events/trials response syntax in PROC LOGISTIC and fit a logistic model. See the example in the Getting Started section of the PROC LOGISTIC documentation. If those are not available or conceptually don't exist, they you can fit a fractional logistic model or a 4- or 5-parameter logistic model as described in this note.

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