An extension of penalized ordinal response models

Ordinal responses are commonly seen in medical research. Many pathological evaluations and health status outcomes are reported on an ordinal scales. Some examples of ordinal outcomes include cancer stage (I, II, III and IV), or stage of liver disease (normal liver, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and e...

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Main Author: Zhou, Qing
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2016
Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4233
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5175&context=etd