title: A computer program for stepwise logistic regression using maximum likelihood estimation.
abstract: A computer program has been written which performs a stepwise selection of variables for logistic regression using maximum likelihood estimation. The selection procedure is based on likelihood ratio tests for the coefficients. These tests are used in a forward selection and a backward elimination at each step. The use of the program is illustrated by several examples.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013223:Statistics as Topic