A cautionary note about assessing the fit of logistic regression models

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 847-853

  Pigeon, Joseph G ^a   Heyse, Joseph F ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 0001939037     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664769922089     Document Type: Article

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