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Review
. 2010 Dec;76(6):1298-301.
doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.06.019. Epub 2010 Oct 27.

Everything you always wanted to know about evaluating prediction models (but were too afraid to ask)

Andrew J Vickers  1 , Angel M Cronin
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Review

Everything you always wanted to know about evaluating prediction models (but were too afraid to ask)

Andrew J Vickers et al. Urology. 2010 Dec.
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Figure 1
Nomogram to predict the probability that a prostate cancer patient is aged over 70
Figure 2
Figure 2
Calibration plot of nomogram to predict whether patient is aged over 70
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