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Multivariable model-building: a pragmatic approach to regression analysis based on fractional polynomials for modelling continuous variables Royston, Patrick

By: Contributor(s): Series: Wiley series in probability and statisticsPublication details: Chichester John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. 2008 Description: xvii, 303 pISBN:
  • 9780470028421
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 519.536
Summary: Multivariable regression models are of fundamental importance in all areas of science in which empirical data must be analyzed. This book proposes a systematic approach to building such models based on standard principles of statistical modeling. The main emphasis is on the fractional polynomial method for modeling the influence of continuous variables in a multivariable context, a topic for which there is no standard approach. Existing options range from very simple step functions to highly complex adaptive methods such as multivariate splines with many knots and penalization. This new approach, developed in part by the authors over the last decade, is a compromise which promotes interpretable, comprehensible and transportable models. Source: www.search.barnesandnoble.com
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-283) and index.

Multivariable regression models are of fundamental importance in all areas of science in which empirical data must be analyzed. This book proposes a systematic approach to building such models based on standard principles of statistical modeling. The main emphasis is on the fractional polynomial method for modeling the influence of continuous variables in a multivariable context, a topic for which there is no standard approach. Existing options range from very simple step functions to highly complex adaptive methods such as multivariate splines with many knots and penalization. This new approach, developed in part by the authors over the last decade, is a compromise which promotes interpretable, comprehensible and transportable models. Source: www.search.barnesandnoble.com

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