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Hosmer- Lemeshow test

saggak wrote:
That test is too dependent on cutpoints and does not have adequate power 
.  I recommend replacing it with

@ARTICLE{hos97com,
   author = {Hosmer, D. W. and Hosmer, T. and {le Cessie}, S. and 
Lemeshow, S.},
   year = 1997,
   title = {A comparison of goodness-of-fit tests for the logistic 
regression
           model},
   journal = Statistics in Medicine,
   volume = 16,
   pages = {965-980},
   annote = {goodness-of-fit for binary logistic model;difficulty with
            Hosmer-Lemeshow statistic being dependent on how groups are
            defined;sum of squares test;cumulative sum test;invalidity 
of naive
            test based on deviance;goodness-of-link function;simulation 
setup}

which is implemented in the residuals.lrm function in the Design package.