A comparative study of the bias corrected estimates in logistic regression

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 621-634

  Maiti, Tapabrata ^a   Pradhan, Vivek ^b  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b Cytel Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOMETRY; CD4-CD8 RATIO; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58749109982     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280207084156     Document Type: Article

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