Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 48, No. 3 (1999), pp. 313-329 (17 pages) The number of variables in a regression model is often too large and a more ...

Many techniques exist for deriving predictive modeling functions and we will not provide a thorough review here. For in-depth overviews, there are many books on this topic, for example, Kuhn and ...

Objective To develop and validate a 10-year predictive model for cardiovascular and metabolic disease (CVMD) risk using ...

We introduce a fast stepwise regression method, called the orthogonal greedy algorithm (OGA), that selects input variables to enter a p-dimensional linear regression model (with p ≫ n, the sample size ...

The current American Joint Cancer Committee (AJCC) staging system for salivary gland tumors does not include histology and grade in its classification despite their proven prognostic importance. We ...

Single-Agent Versus Combination Chemotherapy in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The Cancer and Leukemia Group B (study 9730) Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) carries a poor prognosis due to ...

Objective Lupus nephritis (LN) is a prevalent renal manifestation in patients with SLE, with kidney biopsy remaining the gold ...