Modeling probability-based injury severity scores in logistic regression models: The logit transformation should be used

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 601-605

  Moore, Lynne ^a,c   Lavoie, André ^a   Bergeron, Eric ^b   Emond, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Injury severity scores; Logistic regression; Logit transformation; Mortality prediction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34147106889     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31803245b2     Document Type: Article

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