Statistical learning techniques applied to epidemiology: a simulated case-control comparison study with logistic regression

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>When investigating covariate interactions and group associations with standard regression analyses, the relationship between the response variable and exposure may be difficult to characterize. When the relationship is nonlinear, lin...

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Main Authors: Land Walker H, Heine John J, Egan Kathleen M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/12/37