Model selection in Medical Research: A simulation study comparing Bayesian Model Averaging and Stepwise Regression

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Genell, Anna ^a   Nemes, Szilard ^a   Steineck, Gunnar ^a,b   Dickman, Paul W ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78649689824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-108     Document Type: Article

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