A researcher wanted to predict whether nursing home residents would or would not experience a fall based on 10 characteristics (e.g., age, presence of absence of dementia, etc.). The analysis would involve which of the following?

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Logistic regression is used when the dependent variable is binary (e.g., yes/no, true/false). In this case, predicting whether residents would or would not experience a fall is a binary outcome, making logistic regression the appropriate analysis.

A Researcher Wanted to Predict Whether Nursing Home Residents Would