Factors associated with performing tuberculosis screening of HIV-positive patients in Ghana: LASSO-based predictor selection in a large public health data set

• Main Authors: Susanne Mueller-Using (Author), Torsten Feldt (Author), Fred Stephen Sarfo (Author), Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The purpose of this study is to propose the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operators procedure (LASSO) as an alternative to conventional variable selection models, as it allows for easy interpretation and handles multicollinearities. We developed a model on the basis of L...