Question

Suppose we build a multinomial logistic model using a dataset with 1,000 observations. The model contains only the Intercept terms. The target variable has five categories whose frequencies are listed below. The reference target category is Category III. Please estimate the Intercept of Category IV.

Target Category I II III IV V
Frequency 64 250 364 259 63

Answer 1

The intercept can be determined by a graphical method.

Explanation:

Data:

Target Category I II III IV V

Frequency 64 250 364 259 63

The number of observations, n, = 1 000

The most possible solution is to plot a graph of Frequency against the target category and find the linear corresponding figure.