Logistic Regression: A Self-learning Text, Third Edition (Statistics in the Health Sciences)

Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, the learner should be
able to:

1. State and recognize the three stages of the
   recommended modeling strategy.


2. Describe and/or illustrate a causal diagram that
   indicates confounding.


3. Define and recognize a hierarchically well-formulated
   logistic model.


4. State, recognize, and apply the recommended strategy
   for choosing potential confounders in one’s model.


5. State, recognize, and apply the recommended strategy
   for choosing potential effect modifiers in one’s model.


6. State and recognize the rationale for a hierarchically
   well-formulated model.


7. State and apply the hierarchical backward elimination
   strategy.


8. State and apply the hierarchy principle for retaining
   variables.


9. State whether or not significance testing is allowed for
   the assessment of interaction and/or confounding.

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