np.OR: An S-Plus function for pointwise nonparametric estimation of odds-ratios of continuous predictors

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-179

  Saez, Marc ^a   Cadarso Suárez, Carmen ^b   Figueiras, Adolfo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Generalised additive models (GAM); Odds ratio (OR); Smoothing splines

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNCTIONS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS (CI); MORTALITY; ODD RATIOS (OD);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MODEL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RATING SCALE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0038295939     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(02)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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