Running a best-subsets logistic regression: An alternative to stepwise methods

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 392-403

  King, Jason E ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Medical Towers   (United States)

Author keywords

Best subsets; Logistic regression; Stepwise; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038609677     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164403063003003     Document Type: Article

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