Cutpoint selection for discretizing a continuous covariate for generalized estimating equations

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 226-235

  Tunes Da Silva, Gisela ^a   Klein, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichotomized outcomes; Generalized estimating equations; Generalized linear model; Pseudo values; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

DICHOTOMIZED OUTCOMES; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; PSEUDO-VALUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BIOINFORMATICS; ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

STEM CELLS;

EID: 77956392774     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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