You are interested in the characteristics of women who are interested in joining sororities. You collect data about personal characteristics (your independent variables) from a random sample of first-year female students and later determine if they participated or did not participate in pledging activities (your dependent variable). The most appropriate technique for analyzing your data is
A) logistic regression analysis.
B) multiple regression analysis.
C) multiway frequency analysis.
D) loglinear analysis.

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Logistic regression analysis is the most appropriate technique for analyzing data with a binary dependent variable (participated or did not participate) and independent variables (personal characteristics of students). It allows for the estimation of probability of participation based on the characteristics of the students. Multiple regression analysis is more appropriate when the dependent variable is continuous, while multiway frequency analysis and loglinear analysis are used for analyzing categorical data.

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