Evaluating the effect of optimized cutoff values in the assessment of prognostic factors

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-326

  Lausen, Berthold ^a   Schumacher, Martin ^b  

^a Forschungsinstitut K   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment of prognostic factors; Censored data; Maximally selected test statistics; Optimization of cutoff values

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CENSORED DATA; CUTOFF VALUES; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0030110581     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-9473(95)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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