Bootstrap Comparison of Non-Nested Generalized Linear Models: Applications in Survival Analysis and Epidemiology

Bootstrapping the differences of deviances of non‐nested generalized linear models is proposed for comparing the goodness‐of‐fit of such models. Two examples are used for illustration. Different parametrizations of a dose‐response model are compared in a carcinogenicity study as are multiplicative and additive models in an epidemiological example.