The value of Bayesian predictive projection for variable selection: an example of selecting lifestyle predictors of young adult well-being

Abstract Background Variable selection is an important issue in many fields such as public health and psychology. Researchers often gather data on many variables of interest and then are faced with two challenging goals: building an accurate model with few predictors, and making probabilistic statem...

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Main Authors: A. Bartonicek, S. R. Wickham, N. Pat, T. S. Conner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10690-3