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Variable selection / Dataset reduction for large datasets (in R)

I'm working on a behavoural scorecard modelling exercise, and many of the decisions taken to date have been based on the experience of a consulting credit analyst (whose experience software-wise is ...
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Sensible to include ratio as a variable in logistic regression?

I'm creating a generalised linear regression using a binomial link function for two variables A and B. From looking at the data it appears that A/B may have discriminatory effect. Is it sensible to ...
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Procedure for variable selection + logistic regression when n is small, p is large, and data are unbalanced?

I have data that have been collected using case-control procedures, in which the population of positive cases is collected with a random sample of negative cases. This yields 62 positive cases and 179 ...
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Logistic regression performance with high number of predictors

I'm trying to understand the behavior of logistic regression in high dimensional problems (i.e. when you are fitting a logistic regression to data with a high number of predictor variables). Every ...
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Random permutation test for feature selection

I am confused about permutation analysis for feature selection in a logistic regression context. Could you provide a clear explanation of the random permutation test and how does it applies to feature ...
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How to apply LASSO to IRLS (logistic regression)?

I have programmed a logistic regression using the IRLS algorithm. I would like to apply a LASSO penalization in order to automatically select the right features. At each iteration, the following is ...