Prof. Harrell,

My name is Armida Carbajal, I'm a graduate student intern at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and am conducting some research for my thesis project at the University of New Mexico in Statistics for SNL.

My project entails a logistic regression and I wanted to create a classification table like the one found in SAS using the function CTABLE. I was running out of ideas on creating code, as I am far from proficient in R. I did a google search and found this comment.

I understand the probabilities are highly arbitrary but I thought this would be useful. You see, I am studying a variable that is not understood in our process. I have derived a logistic regression and well I wanted to determine how specific and how sensitive the model was. I really didn't plan on selecting a cutoff point. I was just going to use this piece of statistical information to give the engineers interested in this information an idea of the sensitivity vs. specificity of the model so that they could decide what actions to take based on what probabilities.

I am just very curious in getting your opinion in a situation like this. Your response would be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Armida J. Carbajal
Graduate Student Intern
Sandia National Laboratories
Dept of Analytical Technologies
ajcarba@sandia.gov
ajcarba@gmail.com
505-284-9854 (office)


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