Reducing bias in parameter estimates from stepwise regression in proportional hazards regression with right-censored data

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-85

  Soh, Chang Heok ^a   Harrington, David P ^b,c   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^d  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias reduction; Bootstrap; Proportional hazards model; Stepwise regression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 39149099780     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10985-007-9078-5     Document Type: Article

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