Austin, P. C., and Tu, J. V. (2004), “bootstrap methods for developing predictive models,” the american statistician, 58, 131-137: Comment by sauerbrei, royston, and schumacher and reply

American Statistician

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-118

  Sauerbrei, W ^a   Royston, P ^b   Schumacher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84855669973     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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