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Biostatistics

the number of outcome events available for each predictor in a regression model, used as a rule of thumb against overfitting.

In biostatistics, events per variable refers to the number of outcome events available for each predictor in a regression model, used as a rule of thumb against overfitting. This meaning comes from Peduzzi (1996) in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.[1]

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References

Peduzzi, P., Concato, J., Kemper, E., Holford, T. R., & Feinstein, A. R. (1996). A simulation study of the number of events per variable in logistic regression analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 49(12), 1373-1379. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0895-4356(96)00236-3

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