In my experience Hosmer and Lemeshow is the best intro, although it is not
a perfect book for all users.  One limitation/strength (depending on your
perspective) is that it is oriented towards the biomedical sciences.

On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I want to buy an intro. book on logistic regression.  I am encountering
> cases of experimentation that we need to do with ordinal, nominal,
> binary responses.  One important thing is sample size (i.e., number of
> experimental units, or repetitions for the experiment), so I would like
> the book to address this issue, or you could recommend articles that
> deal with sample size calculation.
> 
> Is Hosmer and Lemeshow a good INTRO. book?  By the way, I am an
> engineer not a statistician.
> 
> Lenin
> 
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> Before you buy.
> 
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