Model building strategy for logistic regression: Purposeful selection

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Zhongheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hosmer lemeshow; Interaction; Linearity; Logistic regression; Purposeful selection; R

Indexed keywords

LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; RESPONSE VARIABLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS;

EID: 85006198872     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.02.15     Document Type: Article

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