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 [[https://stats.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_Statistics/OpenIntro_Statistics_(Diez_et_al)./06%3A_Inference_for_Categorical_Data | Inference for Categorical Variables]]
+===== General Tips =====
+  * if you can, pick a continuous outcome over a binary outcome
+    * Why? For a binary outcome, you'll need a much larger sample size. Continuous outcomes also allow more precision.
+  * logistic regressions stink!
+logistic regression = linear model for the log-odds of the outcome
+=== analyzing relationship between categorical outcome and a continuous covariate ===
+===effect modification vs confounding===
+if we don't take effect modification into account, we get an over-generalized estimate of the relationship between the outcome and the exposure for the entire co-hort
+  * Breslow-Day Test examines if evidence of a differential association between two variables across the level of a third variable
+    * similar limitations to Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test
 ==== Cochran-Mantel_haenszel test ====
-A tool for adjusting out confounding of Z, if X --> Z --> Y
+  * limitations
+    * can only adjust for one variable at a time
 looks at two binary categorical variables while adjusting for the value of a third categorical variable

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