Linear, nonlinear or categorical: how to treat complex associations in regression analyses? Polynomial transformations and fractional polynomials

Carsten Schmidt (), Till Ittermann, Andrea Schulz, Hans Grabe and Sebastian Baumeister

International Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 58, issue 1, 157-160

Keywords: Regression analysis; Nonlinear modelling; Linear models; Categorization; Polynomials; Fractional polynomials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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