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Improving the robustness of fractional polynomial models by preliminary covariate transformation: A pragmatic approach

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  • Royston, P. & Sauerbrei, W., 2007. "Improving the robustness of fractional polynomial models by preliminary covariate transformation: A pragmatic approach," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 51(9), pages 4240-4253, May.
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    1. Patrick Royston & Gareth Ambler, 1999. "Multivariable fractional polynomials," Stata Technical Bulletin, StataCorp LP, vol. 8(43).
    2. Patrick Royston & Douglas G. Altman, 1994. "Regression Using Fractional Polynomials of Continuous Covariates: Parsimonious Parametric Modelling," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 43(3), pages 429-453, September.
    3. W. Sauerbrei & P. Royston, 1999. "Building multivariable prognostic and diagnostic models: transformation of the predictors by using fractional polynomials," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 162(1), pages 71-94.
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