Variable selection under multiple imputation using the bootstrap in a prognostic study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Heymans, Martijn W ^a,b,c   Van Buuren, Stef ^d,e   Knol, Dirk L ^b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^b,c   De Vet, Henrica C W ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; BIOMETRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

BIOMETRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 34547837712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-7-33     Document Type: Article

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