Statistical assessment of ordinal outcomes in comparative studies

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-55

  Scott, Susan C ^a   Goldberg, Mark S ^b   Mayo, Nancy E ^a,c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; Epidemiology; Ordinal regression; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031050796     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00312-5     Document Type: Article

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