LETTER
Standardizing Criteria for Logistic Regression Models
Steven N. Goodman
15 September 1993 | Volume 119 Issue 6 | Pages 540-541
The letter was forwarded to one of our statistical editors for response:
Dr. Campillo is not alone in his recognition of a need for reporting guidelines for complex multiple regression models in clinical research. This has been actively discussed at Annals and other journals, and I expect we may see something along those lines in the not-too-distant future. Until then, interested readers are referred to an article [1] published in the same issue as the letter by Palmas and coworkers [2], wherein Concato and coworkers discuss various problems in the reporting of multivariate analyses in medical journals, with some recommendations for improvement.
1. Concato J, Feinstein AR, Holford TR. The risk of determining risk with multivariable models. Ann Intern Med. 1993; 118:201-10.
2. Palmas W, Denton TA, Diamond GA. Publication criteria for statistical prediction models. Ann Intern Med. 1993; 118:231-2.
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