Fast forward selection for generalized estimating equations with a large number of predictor variables

Biometrics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-120

  Stoklosa, Jakub ^a   Gibb, Heloise ^b   Warton, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecology; Generalized estimating equations; Information criterion; Model selection; Multivariate analysis; Negative binomial regression; Score statistics; Trait environment relationship

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

FORWARD SELECTION; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; INFORMATION CRITERION; MODEL SELECTION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; SCORE STATISTIC; SELECTION CRITERIA; TRAIT/ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP; VARIABLES SELECTIONS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTHROPODA;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFORMATION CRITERION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MODEL SELECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; SCORE STATISTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAIT/ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP;

ECOLOGY; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; INFORMATION CRITERION; MODEL SELECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; SCORE STATISTICS; TRAIT/ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOSYSTEM; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84895856481     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/biom.12118     Document Type: Article

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