Viewpoint: Model selection uncertainty, pre-specification, and model averaging

Pharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 79-81

  Bornkamp, Björn ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

dose response, modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; UNCERTAINTY; ANIMAL; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DRUG;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84925653714     PISSN: 15391604     EISSN: 15391612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pst.1671     Document Type: Article

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