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With this synthetic data set (the relationship between survival/death and the factor x) (plotted in the below figure as blue points), I would like to know how the survival probability depends on the factor x. I don't think logistic regression is the right tool for this data set because I think it can only give a monotonic function as its estimation while for this synthetic data set, I expect a different relationship (the red line in the below figure is my expectation). I wonder what is the best statistical tool here? generalized additive model?



Data points are from an synthetic data set. And the red line is expected to be the reasonable statistical model






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    If you have information about time to death and not just the binary dead/alive classification, consider using survival analysis instead. Like a logistic regression, a Cox proportional hazards regression can also incorporate splines of continuous predictor variables as noted in the answer by @gung, for example via the rms package in R.
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With this synthetic data set (the relationship between survival/death and the factor x) (plotted in the below figure as blue points), I would like to know how the survival probability depends on the factor x. I don't think logistic regression is the right tool for this data set because I think it can only give a monotonic function as its estimation while for this synthetic data set, I expect a different relationship (the red line in the below figure is my expectation). I wonder what is the best statistical tool here? generalized additive model?



Data points are from an synthetic data set. And the red line is expected to be the reasonable statistical model






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    If you have information about time to death and not just the binary dead/alive classification, consider using survival analysis instead. Like a logistic regression, a Cox proportional hazards regression can also incorporate splines of continuous predictor variables as noted in the answer by @gung, for example via the rms package in R.
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With this synthetic data set (the relationship between survival/death and the factor x) (plotted in the below figure as blue points), I would like to know how the survival probability depends on the factor x. I don't think logistic regression is the right tool for this data set because I think it can only give a monotonic function as its estimation while for this synthetic data set, I expect a different relationship (the red line in the below figure is my expectation). I wonder what is the best statistical tool here? generalized additive model?



Data points are from an synthetic data set. And the red line is expected to be the reasonable statistical model






regression logistic







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With this synthetic data set (the relationship between survival/death and the factor x) (plotted in the below figure as blue points), I would like to know how the survival probability depends on the factor x. I don't think logistic regression is the right tool for this data set because I think it can only give a monotonic function as its estimation while for this synthetic data set, I expect a different relationship (the red line in the below figure is my expectation). I wonder what is the best statistical tool here? generalized additive model?



Data points are from an synthetic data set. And the red line is expected to be the reasonable statistical model






regression logistic




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    If you have information about time to death and not just the binary dead/alive classification, consider using survival analysis instead. Like a logistic regression, a Cox proportional hazards regression can also incorporate splines of continuous predictor variables as noted in the answer by @gung, for example via the rms package in R.
    – EdM
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    If you have information about time to death and not just the binary dead/alive classification, consider using survival analysis instead. Like a logistic regression, a Cox proportional hazards regression can also incorporate splines of continuous predictor variables as noted in the answer by @gung, for example via the rms package in R.
    – EdM
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If you have information about time to death and not just the binary dead/alive classification, consider using survival analysis instead. Like a logistic regression, a Cox proportional hazards regression can also incorporate splines of continuous predictor variables as noted in the answer by @gung, for example via the rms package in R.
– EdM
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If you have information about time to death and not just the binary dead/alive classification, consider using survival analysis instead. Like a logistic regression, a Cox proportional hazards regression can also incorporate splines of continuous predictor variables as noted in the answer by @gung, for example via the rms package in R.
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Logistic regression can very well model 'curvilinear' relationships, just as linear regression can. You need to add extra terms, functions of x to allow the model to account for that. The most common way is to add a sequence of polynomial terms (i.e., $x^2$, $x^3$, $x^4$, etc.). You can also use other nonlinear transformations of $x$ (e.g., $log(x)$). A more sophisticated approach is to use spline functions.



There is an example of using logistic regression this way in my answer here: How to use boxplots to find the point where values are more likely to come from different conditions?






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  • Thanks for your reply. In this sense, is additive model a more convenient tool? I'm not familiar with it but I guess additive model can provide a more convenient way to add nonlinearity to the model?
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  • @Tanis, what do you mean by "additive model" here? A simple model w/ x, x2, & x3, could well be called an additive model.
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    I have this link to its wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_additive_model
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  • @Tanis, OK, a GAM isn't quite the same as the generic use of "additive model". At any rate, you can think of a logistic regression with polynomial terms as a simple case of a GAM. Whether it's "more convenient" would only be a function of your relative comfort w/ the code.
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Logistic regression can very well model 'curvilinear' relationships, just as linear regression can. You need to add extra terms, functions of x to allow the model to account for that. The most common way is to add a sequence of polynomial terms (i.e., $x^2$, $x^3$, $x^4$, etc.). You can also use other nonlinear transformations of $x$ (e.g., $log(x)$). A more sophisticated approach is to use spline functions.



There is an example of using logistic regression this way in my answer here: How to use boxplots to find the point where values are more likely to come from different conditions?






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  • Thanks for your reply. In this sense, is additive model a more convenient tool? I'm not familiar with it but I guess additive model can provide a more convenient way to add nonlinearity to the model?
    – Tanis
    4 hours ago










  • @Tanis, what do you mean by "additive model" here? A simple model w/ x, x2, & x3, could well be called an additive model.
    – gung♦
    4 hours ago






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    I have this link to its wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_additive_model
    – Tanis
    4 hours ago










  • @Tanis, OK, a GAM isn't quite the same as the generic use of "additive model". At any rate, you can think of a logistic regression with polynomial terms as a simple case of a GAM. Whether it's "more convenient" would only be a function of your relative comfort w/ the code.
    – gung♦
    4 hours ago














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Logistic regression can very well model 'curvilinear' relationships, just as linear regression can. You need to add extra terms, functions of x to allow the model to account for that. The most common way is to add a sequence of polynomial terms (i.e., $x^2$, $x^3$, $x^4$, etc.). You can also use other nonlinear transformations of $x$ (e.g., $log(x)$). A more sophisticated approach is to use spline functions.



There is an example of using logistic regression this way in my answer here: How to use boxplots to find the point where values are more likely to come from different conditions?






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  • Thanks for your reply. In this sense, is additive model a more convenient tool? I'm not familiar with it but I guess additive model can provide a more convenient way to add nonlinearity to the model?
    – Tanis
    4 hours ago










  • @Tanis, what do you mean by "additive model" here? A simple model w/ x, x2, & x3, could well be called an additive model.
    – gung♦
    4 hours ago






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    I have this link to its wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_additive_model
    – Tanis
    4 hours ago










  • @Tanis, OK, a GAM isn't quite the same as the generic use of "additive model". At any rate, you can think of a logistic regression with polynomial terms as a simple case of a GAM. Whether it's "more convenient" would only be a function of your relative comfort w/ the code.
    – gung♦
    4 hours ago












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Logistic regression can very well model 'curvilinear' relationships, just as linear regression can. You need to add extra terms, functions of x to allow the model to account for that. The most common way is to add a sequence of polynomial terms (i.e., $x^2$, $x^3$, $x^4$, etc.). You can also use other nonlinear transformations of $x$ (e.g., $log(x)$). A more sophisticated approach is to use spline functions.



There is an example of using logistic regression this way in my answer here: How to use boxplots to find the point where values are more likely to come from different conditions?






share|cite|improve this answer












Logistic regression can very well model 'curvilinear' relationships, just as linear regression can. You need to add extra terms, functions of x to allow the model to account for that. The most common way is to add a sequence of polynomial terms (i.e., $x^2$, $x^3$, $x^4$, etc.). You can also use other nonlinear transformations of $x$ (e.g., $log(x)$). A more sophisticated approach is to use spline functions.



There is an example of using logistic regression this way in my answer here: How to use boxplots to find the point where values are more likely to come from different conditions?







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  • Thanks for your reply. In this sense, is additive model a more convenient tool? I'm not familiar with it but I guess additive model can provide a more convenient way to add nonlinearity to the model?
    – Tanis
    4 hours ago










  • @Tanis, what do you mean by "additive model" here? A simple model w/ x, x2, & x3, could well be called an additive model.
    – gung♦
    4 hours ago






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    I have this link to its wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_additive_model
    – Tanis
    4 hours ago










  • @Tanis, OK, a GAM isn't quite the same as the generic use of "additive model". At any rate, you can think of a logistic regression with polynomial terms as a simple case of a GAM. Whether it's "more convenient" would only be a function of your relative comfort w/ the code.
    – gung♦
    4 hours ago
















  • Thanks for your reply. In this sense, is additive model a more convenient tool? I'm not familiar with it but I guess additive model can provide a more convenient way to add nonlinearity to the model?
    – Tanis
    4 hours ago










  • @Tanis, what do you mean by "additive model" here? A simple model w/ x, x2, & x3, could well be called an additive model.
    – gung♦
    4 hours ago






  • 1




    I have this link to its wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_additive_model
    – Tanis
    4 hours ago










  • @Tanis, OK, a GAM isn't quite the same as the generic use of "additive model". At any rate, you can think of a logistic regression with polynomial terms as a simple case of a GAM. Whether it's "more convenient" would only be a function of your relative comfort w/ the code.
    – gung♦
    4 hours ago















Thanks for your reply. In this sense, is additive model a more convenient tool? I'm not familiar with it but I guess additive model can provide a more convenient way to add nonlinearity to the model?
– Tanis
4 hours ago




Thanks for your reply. In this sense, is additive model a more convenient tool? I'm not familiar with it but I guess additive model can provide a more convenient way to add nonlinearity to the model?
– Tanis
4 hours ago












@Tanis, what do you mean by "additive model" here? A simple model w/ x, x2, & x3, could well be called an additive model.
– gung♦
4 hours ago




@Tanis, what do you mean by "additive model" here? A simple model w/ x, x2, & x3, could well be called an additive model.
– gung♦
4 hours ago




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I have this link to its wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_additive_model
– Tanis
4 hours ago




I have this link to its wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_additive_model
– Tanis
4 hours ago












@Tanis, OK, a GAM isn't quite the same as the generic use of "additive model". At any rate, you can think of a logistic regression with polynomial terms as a simple case of a GAM. Whether it's "more convenient" would only be a function of your relative comfort w/ the code.
– gung♦
4 hours ago




@Tanis, OK, a GAM isn't quite the same as the generic use of "additive model". At any rate, you can think of a logistic regression with polynomial terms as a simple case of a GAM. Whether it's "more convenient" would only be a function of your relative comfort w/ the code.
– gung♦
4 hours ago










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