Multivariable Model - Building (eBook)

Patrick Royston DSc, is a senior statistician and cancer clinical realist at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, an honorary professor of statistics at University College London and a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. he has authored many research papers in biostatistics, and has published over 150 articles in leading statistical journals. Patrick is an experienced statistical consultant, Stata programmer and software author. Willi Sauerbrei PhD, is a senior statistician and professor in medical biometry at the IMBI, University Medical Center Freiburg. He has authored many research papers in biostatistics and has published over 100 articles in leading statistical and clinical journals. He worked for more than two decades as an academic biostatistician and has extensive experience of cancer research, with a particular concern for breast cancer.

"This new approach, developed in part by the authors over
the last decade, is a compromise which promotes interpretable,
comprehensible and transportable models."
(Zentralblatt Math, 1 October 2013)
"The book is very useful for practicing statisticians and can
also be recommended for teaching purposes." (Biometrical
Journal, July 2009)

"It is an excellent book on multivariable model-building,
presenting the material in an easy-to-understand and informal
style." (Mathematical Reviews, 2009)

"This excellent book fills a gap in the current literature on
statistical modelling. It is the first time that a book is devoted
to the whole breadth of application of fractional polynomials. The
authors are the experts on this useful methodology." (Statistics
in Medicine, Feb 2009)