Table 2. CESIR simulation: Selection rates (%) for the 45 irrelevant variables, grouped together by prevalence (9 variables per interval).

	Prevalence of irrelevant variables
	0.006%–0.016%	0.02%–0.06%	0.07%–0.22%	0.25%–0.8%	0.9%–3%
Logistic regression	10	21	18	15	15
Firth correction	0	1	7	11	11
Ridge regression	0	5	8	8	7
Lasso	24	35	36	33	36
Boosting	1	11	28	36	37