Assessment of optimal selected prognostic factors

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 364-374

  Lausen, Berthold ^a   Hothorn, Torsten ^a   Bretz, Frank ^b   Schumacher, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Maximally selected tests; P value adjusted regression trees; Prognostic factor; Statistical computing; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CUT-POINT; MAXIMALLY SELECTED TEST; NULL DISTRIBUTION; P-VALUE ADJUSTED REGRESSION TREE; P-VALUES; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; REGRESSION TREES; STATISTICAL COMPUTING; VARIABLES SELECTIONS;

CLINICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 10944226603     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200310030     Document Type: Review

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