Cox Regression, why can’t I just use logistic regression for survival data?
The Wise son: Oh, how I love to talk about Cox Proportional Hazard (PH) regression versus Logistic Regression. So, you see, it depends on the study endpoint. Does the outcome depend on the duration of follow-up time? Logistic regression ignores the time to event all together. But everyone knows that the longer you follow someone, […]
What is the key difference between Machine Learning (ML) and Statistical Modeling (SM)?
The Wise son: This is a very interesting discussion. There are many differences between the two, but in my opinion, the most important one regards the assumptions that each method relies on. SM is known for its many underlying assumptions, while ML in general almost doesn’t rely on any assumption. I assume you all agree […]
What is this blog about?
Hello, I’m the Wise son, nice to meet you all. We are the four sons from the Jewish Passover Haggadah. We all love statistical discussions, who doesn’t? and here we have the right space to debate data analytic topics from different points of view. Me, I am the Simple son, don’t make it sound too complicated, […]