Joinpoint- Model selection method

Aleksandar P. Medarevic @Aleksandar_Medarevic

07 July 2017 0 10K Report

I am using Joinpoint for trend analysis of age-adjusted mortality rates. Can you help me what method to use: Permutation test or Bayesian Information Criterion?

What are the reasons for the first, and what for the second method?

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