Sentence examples for method of stepwise from inspiring English sources
In multivariate analysis, we used the method of stepwise multivariate linear regression for each subgroup.
Then, a heuristic method of stepwise regression was implemented for further feature selection.
The method of stepwise regression used in the analysis of these data is controversial in some contexts, but generally remains an accepted method of hypothesis testing and generation.
The general linear start model includes all independent variables, whereas the final model contains only predictive factors after using the automatic method of stepwise backward selection.
Multivariate logistic regression, using the method of stepwise selection, was subsequently applied to identify independent predictors of clinically significant emotional distress.
A multiple linear regression model for the transformed acrylamide data was then fitted, using the method of stepwise forward selection of most significant (P < 0.05, F-test) explanatory variables, then factors and finally interactions between terms already in the model.
SVM kernels such as linear, polynomial, RBF and sigmoid, and the filter feature selection/extraction methods of stepwise multi discriminant analysis (MDA), stepwise logistic regression (logit), and principal component analysis (PCA) are applied.
The method of backward stepwise elimination was used as the model fitting strategy.
In this research for associations between blood lead levels and blood pressure in NHANES II, the method of forward stepwise regression was used.
While it is not unlikely to observe agreement in subset selection methods in the situation of relatively few potentially weakly correlated variables, the deficiencies of stepwise methods become more apparent when number of candidate variables increase and issues of multicollinearity come into play.
Based on our results and previous theoretical studies the use of stepwise methods in medical and epidemiological research may be outperformed by alternative methods in cases such as ours.
