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Logistic regression, also known as a logit model, is a statistical analysis method to predict a binary outcome, such as yes or no, based on prior observations of a data set. A logistic regression ...

In the simplest case, all input data sets contain the same variables. If the input data sets contain different variables, observations from one data set have missing values for variables defined only ...