A solution to the problem of separation in logistic regression

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2409-2419

  Heinze, Georg ^a   Schemper, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bias reduction; Case control studies; Infinite estimates; Monotone likelihood; Penalized likelihood; Profile likelihood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RADIOTHERAPY; SMOKING;

EID: 0037199788     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1047     Document Type: Article

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