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Statistical Sources of Variable Selection Bias in Classification Tree Algorithms Based on the Gini Index [PDF]
, 2005 Evidence for variable selection bias in classification tree algorithms based on the Gini Index is reviewed from the literature and embedded into a broader explanatory scheme: Variable selection bias in classification tree algorithms based on the Gini ...
Strobl, Carolin
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Bone & Joint Open, 2023 Aims: Early large treatment effects can arise in small studies, which lessen as more data accumulate. This study aimed to retrospectively examine whether early treatment effects occurred for two multicentre orthopaedic randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
Catherine N. Knowlson +4 more
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Variable Selection Bias in Classification Trees Based on Imprecise Probabilities [PDF]
, 2005 Classification trees based on imprecise probabilities provide an advancement of classical classification trees. The Gini Index is the default splitting criterion in classical classification trees, while in classification trees based on imprecise ...
Strobl, Carolin
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Natural selection. III. Selection versus transmission and the levels of selection [PDF]
, 2011 George Williams defined an evolutionary unit as hereditary information for which the selection bias between competing units dominates the informational decay caused by imperfect transmission.
Frank, Steven A.
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2014 Present day low participation rates in certain parts of research is concerning. It is not unusual that half (or even more) of those invited to participate in a research project decline the invitation.
Jørn Olsen
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Scientific Research or Advocacy? Emotive Labels and Selection Bias Confound Survey Results
Ecology and Society, 2000 Robert Costanza presents four compelling visions of the future, but the language he uses to describe them is emotive and value-laden and may bias the survey results.
Jerome K. Vanclay
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Approaches to canine health surveillance [PDF]
, 2014 Effective canine health surveillance systems can be used to monitor disease in the general population, prioritise disorders for strategic control and focus clinical research, and to evaluate the success of these measures.
Brodbelt, D C +5 more
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Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2020 FC Barcelona is a multi-sport organization that adopts a talent identification approach that emphasizes the technical, psychological, and perceptual–cognitive attributes. It is unclear within this type of sporting selection model whether the relative age
Greg Doncaster +4 more
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Environmental Data Science, 2022 Residential energy efficiency programs play an important role in combating climate change. More precise quantification of the magnitude and timing of energy savings would bring large system benefits, allowing closer integration of energy efficiency into ...
Evan D. Sherwin +2 more
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Accounting for biases in survey-based estimates of population attributable fractions
Population Health Metrics, 2019 Background This paper discusses best practices for estimating fractions of mortality attributable to health exposures in survey data that are biased by observed confounders and unobserved endogenous selection.
Ryan Masters, Eric Reither
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