Do logistic regression and signal detection identify different subgroups at risk? Implications for the design of tailored interventions

Psychological Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-48

  Kiernan, Michaela ^a   Kraemer, Helena C ^b   Winkleby, Marilyn A ^b   King, Abby C ^b   Taylor, C Barr ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 85047686264     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.6.1.35     Document Type: Article

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