Multivariable Model-Building: A Pragmatic Approach to Regression Analysis based on Fractional Polynomials for Modelling Continuous Variables

Multivariable Model-Building: A Pragmatic Approach to Regression Analysis based on Fractional Polynomials for Modelling Continuous Variables

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-303

  Royston, Patrick ^a   Sauerbrei, Willi ^b  

^a MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE METHODS; CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; FRACTIONAL POLYNOMIALS; MULTI VARIABLES; MULTI-VARIABLE MODELS; MULTIVARIABLE REGRESSION MODEL; MULTIVARIATE SPLINE; STATISTICAL MODELING;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84948184622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470770771     Document Type: Book

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