Logistic random effects regression models: A comparison of statistical packages for binary and ordinal outcomes

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Li, Baoyue ^a   Lingsma, Hester F ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Lesaffre, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79956202489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-77     Document Type: Article

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