The phrase "according to a stepwise" is not correct and seems incomplete in written English.
It could be used in contexts discussing a method or process that follows a stepwise approach, but it requires additional context to be clear.
Example: "According to a stepwise method, we will analyze the data in stages."
Alternatives: "following a stepwise approach" or "based on a stepwise process".
In the estimation of the model, several explanatory variables are tested according to a stepwise procedure.
In this system, clinics and diagnostics would no longer be partitioned, according to a stepwise scheme, from other disciplines as basic science, information technologies, ethics and policies.
Despite national and international guidelines emphasising the importance of urgent anticonvulsant therapy according to a stepwise algorithm, SE remains associated with high mortality and morbidity rates.
The selection of independent variables for the multiple linear regression models was performed according to a stepwise model.
Variables in the final model were selected according to a stepwise method and those deemed to have importance were included.
We randomly assigned patients to receive either treatment for pain according to a stepwise protocol for eight weeks or their usual management (the control group).
We then removed the GP characteristics according to a backward stepwise strategy, with a threshold of 5%, to obtain the final model.
This study was a nationwide population- household- based cross-sectional survey designed according to a WHO STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance [ 12].
In the second step, each variable related to burnout in at least one MBI subscale were included in the multivariate model according to a forward stepwise approach.
Factors associated with GBS by univariate analysis (P < 0.10) were considered eligible for inclusion in a multivariate model and retained in the model according to a forward stepwise procedure based on a likelihood-ratio test.
Data analysis according to a multiple stepwise equilibrium model using six constants reveals the presence of three high affinity binding sites with Kd values from 22-28 nM at 37°C (11), whereas analysis of the same data according to a single site equilibrium binding constant gives a Kd of 1.63 μM (12).
