An evaluation of R2 as an inadequate measure for nonlinear models in pharmacological and biochemical research: A Monte Carlo approach

BMC Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Spiess, Andrej Nikolai ^a   Neumeyer, Natalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; VALIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHARMACOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHARMACOLOGY;

EID: 77953039855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-10-6     Document Type: Article

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