Hi Rob,
fastbw does not try to produce a full fit object. You have to re-run the
fit manually based on what you (sometimes dangerously) learn from fastbw.
If I can find a way to add a 'formula' component to the fastbw result
then
you could do something like lrm(fastbw(fit)$formula, ...).
Frank
Rob James wrote:>
> There is both a technical and a theoretical element to my question...
> Should I be able to use the outputs which arise from the fastbw function
> as inputs to nomogram(). I seem to be failing at this, -- I obtain a
> subscript out of range error.
>
> That I can't do this may speak to technical failings, but I suspect it
> is because Prof Harrell thinks/knows it injudicious. However, I can't
> invent a reason why nomograms should be restricted to the full models,
> if the purpose of fastbw is to generate parsimonious models with
> appropriate standard errors.
>
> I'd welcome comments on either the technical or the theoretical issues.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Rob James
>
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