OZ FETP: Logistic Regression Case Study 1: Risk factors for Acute Respiratory Infection in Australia

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https://github.com/ArminderD/ReCon_Rcourse

This case study was developed for the Australian Field Epidemiology Training Program, The Masters of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology) offered through the Australian National University. The case study is based on cross-sectional survey data looking at risk factors for acute respiratory infection in Australia. The case study provides basic principles for understanding logistic regression, demonstrate how to perform a simple multivariable analysis in R, check model fit, and interpret results.

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Link: https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/ArminderD/ReCon_Rcourse/blob/master/Logistic_Regression.html

Tasks:

• Add Arminder's name to the credits
• Change 'utilize' to 'use'
• replace image tables with markdown tables
• use stringsAsFactors = FALSE for read.csv
• use data argument in glm
• standardize code
• modernize yes/no factor creation (does not need numeric levels)