The stepwise testing methods of multivariate analysis of variance are here extended to apply to the linear combinations of variables resulting from a principal component analysis. The required ...

A stepwise discriminant analysis is performed using stepwise selection. In the PROC STEPDISC statement, the BSSCP and TSSCP options display the between-class SSCP matrix and the total-sample corrected ...

When stepwise discriminant analysis or MANOVA is performed, the mean and percentage points of Wilks' Λ are shifted downward. This bias was examined by Monte Carlo methods for the case of no ...

Among the 122 enrolled patients, successful BAL was performed in 83.6% of cases. The study used a two-step analysis of BAL fluid, resulting in a diagnostic yield of 74.5%. Furthermore, antimicrobial ...

Figure 1: Schematic of the stepwise analysis applied in fine mapping the HLA region. HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DQB1 four-digit alleles were included in the model to control for their effect (red arrow).