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Hongwei Wang1, Fernando G Quintana2, Yunlong Lu3
1Department of Mathematics and Physics, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX 78041, USA.
Background:
This paper performs a detailed ordinal logistic regression study in an evaluation of a survey at a university in South Texas, USA. We show that, for categorical data in our case, ordinal logistic regression works well.
Methods:
The survey was designed according to the guidelines in diet and lifestyle from the American Heart Association and the United States Department of Agriculture and was sent out to all registered students at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas. Data analysis included 601 students' results from the survey. Data analysis was conducted in Rstudio.
Results:
The results showed that, compared with students who do not have enough whole grain food and exercise, those who have enough in both tend to have normal BMIs. As age increases, BMI tends to be out of the normal range.
Conclusions:
Because BMI in this research has three categories, applying an ordinal logistic regression model to describe the relationship between an ordered categorical response variable and more explanatory variables has several advantages compared with other models, such as the linear regression model.
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