# The likelihood ratio test in high-dimensional logistic regression is asymptotically a rescaled Chi-square

@article{Sur2019TheLR,
title={The likelihood ratio test in high-dimensional logistic regression is asymptotically a rescaled Chi-square},
author={Pragya Sur and Yuxin Chen and Emmanuel J. Cand{\e}s},
journal={Probability Theory and Related Fields},
year={2019},
pages={1-72}
}
• Published 5 June 2017
• Mathematics
• Probability Theory and Related Fields
Logistic regression is used thousands of times a day to fit data, predict future outcomes, and assess the statistical significance of explanatory variables. When used for the purpose of statistical inference, logistic models produce p-values for the regression coefficients by using an approximation to the distribution of the likelihood-ratio test (LRT). Indeed, Wilks’ theorem asserts that whenever we have a fixed number p of variables, twice the log-likelihood ratio (LLR) $$2 \Lambda$$2Λ is…
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