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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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344
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Biometrics Section
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| Abstract - #300675 |
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Title:
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Determining Informative Cutpoints When Dichotomizing Data from the Northwestern University Spore in Prostate Cancer
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Author(s):
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Irene Helenowski*+ and Timothy Kuzel and Borko Jovanovic and Aishwarya Parameswaran
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Companies:
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Northwestern University and Northwestern University and Northwestern University and Northwestern University
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Address:
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, , ,
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Keywords:
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dichotomization ;
statistical inference
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Abstract:
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Maccallum et al (2002) discuss the importance of choosing cutpoints for dichotomizing continuous data cautiously. Here, we show the implications they make using PSA and BMI data. This work is funded by Grant P50 CA 090386.
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