I am sorry if this question sounds basic but I am having trouble understanding
a warning message I have been receiving in R after attempting logistic
regression.
I have been using the logistic regression function in R to analyse a simulated
data set. The dependent variable "failure" has an outcome of either 0 (success)
or 1 (failure). Both the independent variables have been previously generated
in a mathematical model and stored in a data.frame for analysis. I am currently
using a sample size of 1000 and I use the following commands in R:
log.reg.1 <- glm(failure ~ age +weight +init.para.log.value
+k.d1,family=binomial(logit), data=test)
log.reg.1.summary <- summary(log.reg.1); print(log.reg.1.summary)
log.reg.1.exp <- exp(log.reg.1$coef); print(log.reg.1.exp)
When I execute these commands I get the following warning message:
"In glm.fit(x = X, y = Y, weights = weights, start = start, etastart =
etastart, :fitted probabilities numerically 0 or 1 occurred"
I am unsure what this warning is referring to. I have tried using google to
answer this question but have had no luck.
I have been on the following website
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-ecology/2008-July/000278.html but found it
was not helpful as I when I ran the example given I received no warning message
(I am using R version 2.8.1).
I am working with simulated data so there are no missing values in the data set.
I have also looked at the following website
http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/07/7759.html they suggest that the
warning is as a result of "perfect separation" of the results (a possibility
with simulated data). However, when I added an extra row to my data.frame of
results that I knew to be false and hence to prevent "perfect separation"
subsequent logistic regression still resulted in the same warning message.
I am still at a loss as to the meaning of this message and any help in
understanding this warning would be much appreciated.
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