American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on June 29, 2006
American Journal of Epidemiology 2006 164(4):401-402; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj236
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Letter to the Editor |
THE AUTHORS REPLY
1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
2 Department of Medical Education, Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT
(e-mail: lisa.calvocoressi@yale.edu)
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We are pleased to respond to Radespiel-Tröger et al.'s comment (1
) on our recent Journal article (2
), in which we used recursive partitioning to examine predictors of mammography screening. This response allows us to elaborate on our methodological strategy and to participate in dialogue about the strengths and limitations of this emerging statistical procedure for analysis of epidemiologic data.
The authors