Brian> My best example of this not knowing the literature is the
Brian> Hauck-Donner (1977) phenomenon: a small t-value in a
Brian> logistic regression indicates either an insignificant OR a
Brian> very significant effect, but step.glm assumes the first,
Brian> and I bet few users of glm() stop to think.
All right I confess. This is a new one for me. Could some one explain
the Hauck-Donner effect to me? I understand that the t-values from
glm() are a Wald approximation and may not be terribly reliable, but I
don't understand how a small t-value could indicate "either an
insignificant OR a very significant effect."
Thanks for the help. It's finding gems like these that make this group
so extraordinarily valuable.
Kent
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