The impact of dichotomization on the efficiency of testing for an interaction effect in exponential family models

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 467, 2004, Pages 822-831

  Farewell, Vern T ^a   Tom, Brian D M ^a   Royston, Patrick ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorization; Explanatory variables; Generalized linear model; Interaction; Pitman efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344688110     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214504000001169     Document Type: Article

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