A SAS macro for stepwise correlated binary regression

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 199-210

  Nuamah, Isaac F ^a,d   Qu, Yinsheng ^b   Amini, Saeid B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlated binary data; Generalized estimating equations; Longitudinal methods; Stepwise regression; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CORRELATED BINARY DATA; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; STEPWISE REGRESSION;

CORRELATION METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; PATIENT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030152536     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(96)01718-X     Document Type: Article

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