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On the use of the logistic model in prospective studies
Author(s) -
Halperin Max,
Abbott Robert D.,
Blackwelder William C.,
Jacobowitz Ronald,
Gordon And K. K. Lan,
Verter Joel I.,
Wedel Hans
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780040212
Subject(s) - logistic regression , statistics , computer science , econometrics , medicine , mathematics
We describe the usual statistical concepts and consequent appropriate simulations of a prospective study for the simple case of a single risk variable and an assumed logistic model. We examine the simulations of Lilienfeld and Pyne, 1 and show that they are seriously flawed. Contrary to those authors' claims, the estimates of parameters by the Walker‐Duncan technique are both accurate and reliable.