On graphically checking goodness-of-fit of binary logistic regression models

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-310

  Gillmann, G ^a,b   Minder, C E ^b,c  

^a Swiss Federal Statistical Office   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nonlinear models; Residuals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA DISPLAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650478018     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME0571     Document Type: Article

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