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The following is the result of a logistic regression analysis based on a sample of 113 acquired UK c

Question: The following is the result of a logistic regression analysis based on a sample of 113 acquired UK companies which are matched by size, industry, and year of accounts with 113 non-acquired companies. The dependent variable takes a value of 1 if the company was acquired and 0 if it was not acquired. The independent variables are sales growth (sg_1) in percent; the debt to equity ratio (de_1) in per cent; the after-tax profit margin (pm_1) in per cent and total assets divided by sales (tasls_1), all in the year prior to acquisition.

Logistic Regression

Case Processing Summary
Unweighted Cases^a		N	Percent
Selected Cases	Included in Analysis	226	100.0
	Missing Cases	0	.0
	Total	226	100.0
Unselected Cases		0	.0
Total		226	100.0
a. If weight is in effect, see classification table for the total number of cases.

Dependent Variable Encoding
Original Value	Internal Value
non acquired	0
Acquired	1

Block 1: Method = Enter

Omnibus Tests of Model Coefficients
		Chi-square	df	Sig.
Step 1	Step	15.596	4	.004
	Block	15.596	4	.004
	Model	15.596	4	.004

Model Summary
Step	-2 Log likelihood	Cox & Snell R Square	Nagelkerke R Square
1	297.707^a	.067	.089
a. Estimation terminated at iteration number 6 because parameter estimates changed by less than .001.

Classification Table^a
	Observed		Predicted
			status		Percentage Correct
			non acquired	acquired	Percentage Correct
Step 1	status	non acquired	66	47	58.4
	status	acquired	41	72	63.7
	Overall Percentage				61.1
a. The cut value is .500

Variables in the Equation
		B	S.E.	Wald	df	Sig.	Exp(B)
Step 1^a	sg_1	-.009	.005	3.345	1	.067	.991
	de_1	.002	.001	4.600	1	.032	1.002
	pm_1	-.009	.011	.732	1	.392	.991
	tasls_1	-.070	.117	.362	1	.548	.932
	Constant	-.083	.260	.101	1	.751	.921
a. Variable(s) entered on step 1: sg_1, de_1, pm_1, tasls_1.