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Generating functions for exactp-values of odds ratios in logistic regression

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Specialized algebraic methods are presented for computing exactly thep-value of the odds ratio in a conditional hypothesis test. The method uses normal forms of generating functions with respect to a Gröbner basis.

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  1. Department of Statistics, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, LA, USA

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Dinwoodie, I.H. Generating functions for exactp-values of odds ratios in logistic regression. J. Ital. Statist. Soc. 7, 221 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03178931

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