Linear, nonlinear or categorical: How to treat complex associations? Splines and nonparametric approaches

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-165

  Schmidt, Carsten Oliver ^a   Ittermann, Till ^a   Schulz, Andrea ^b   Grabe, Hans J ^b   Baumeister, Sebastian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Locally weighted regression; Nonlinear modelling; Nonparametric models; Regression models; Splines

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873131844     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-012-0363-z     Document Type: Article

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