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First edition, Prof Harrell's REGRESSION MODELING STRATEGIES, section 8.2, "How many parameters can be estimated?", page 150, quoting "If predicting survival time were of major interest, we could develop a reliable model if no more than about 354/15 = 24 parameters were examined in modeling."

QUESTION: Where does the "15" come from? Is there a reference in the survival analysis section of the text (Chapter 16) which describes?

Note: Apologies if this is explained in the second edition of the text. I have just ordered a copy.

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It comes from earlier in the book. Section 4.4: Sample Size, Overfitting, and Limits on Number of Predictors (p. 72 in the 2nd Edition; the simulation study that came to this rule-of-thumb is discussed in the subsequent two pages.): enter image description here

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