StatQuest: Logistic Regression

Logistic regression is a traditional statistics technique that is also very popular as a machine learning tool. In this StatQuest, I go over the main ideas so that you can understand what it is and how it is used.

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0:00 Awesome song and introduction
0:23 Review of linear regression
3:09 Logistic regression overview
6:22 Logistic regression vs Linear regression
8:06 Summary of concepts

#statquest #logistic

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[kaiding]

Just want to say the quality of the video is top-notch. I'm currently pursuing MS in data science at a top-5 university in the US, but I did not find materials that explain logistic regression so clearly in such short space, and that managed to connect several related concepts together. Thank you for doing this!

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[slavomiraglendova]

I didn´t understand Logistic Regression at all. I was desperate, then I clicked on this video...and BAAM. Love you. You really helped me. Thank u Josh!

[joerich]

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[lalakuma]

Thanks for your videos! I got super lost in class because my prof went straight to the math without explaining the concept of Logistic Regression first in English. You're a life saver.

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[hpmt]

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[mostinho]

Done thanks
3:15 logistic regression predicts smth binary instead of continuous like linear regression
Logistic regression S shaped curve

[Niral]

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[Hadam]

Thank you so much for clarifying logistic regression in an easy to understand way! My prof is horrible at lectures, and this video really hits on the fundamentals of this topic

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