Building multivariable prognostic and diagnostic models: Transformation of the predictors by using fractional polynomials

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-94

  Sauerbrei, W ^b   Royston, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Model stability; Nominal P value; Resampling; Variable selection; Variable transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033474286     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00122     Document Type: Article

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