Using Bonferroni, BIC and AIC to assess evidence for alternative biological pathways: Covariate selection for the multilevel Embryo-Uterus model

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stylianou, Christos ^a   Pickles, Andrew ^b   Roberts, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo uterus models; Hypothesis testing; In vitro fertilization; Information criteria; Model selection; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; UTERUS;

EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERUS;

EID: 84878435653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-73     Document Type: Article

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