Sentence examples for a backward selection procedure from inspiring English sources

A backward selection procedure is used to select the time dependent effects for each covariate.

The "full" model was defined applying a backward selection procedure to a list of potential confounders selected according to available scientific evidence.

GLMs were constructed assuming normal distributions for the daily distances and a backward selection procedure of non-significant factors was used to select the best-fitting model (based on the Akaike Information Criterion, [ 73]).

20 We selected variables for the final multivariable regression model with a backward selection procedure (exclusion if P>0.20).

The significance of each explanatory variable in both models was analysed using deletion tests and a backward selection procedure.

Secondly, these candidate variables were used in a backward selection procedure on the full dataset for the final selection of explanatory variables.

As prior knowledge was sparse regarding the chosen predictors and their relationship to the success of establishing a new hESC line, a backward selection procedure was performed.

Starting with a full model including all 8 indices, the relative importance of indices was assessed using a backward selection procedure.

A final model was built manually with a backward selection procedure with following covariates included: age at baseline, sex, study group and BMI at baseline, as appropriate.

To do this, all the variables associated with our dependant variable with a p-value <0.20 in univariate analysis (Table  1) were selected manually (using a backward-selection procedure based on the Hosmer & Lemeshow approach [ 24] with a threshold p < 0.10) and checking for multicollinearity.

A backward-selection procedure was then carried out, and variables meeting the p < 0.10 significance level were included in the final model.