Sensitivity and specificity-like measures of the validity of a diagnostic test that are corrected for chance agreement

Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 178-181

  Coughlin, Steven S ^a,b   Pickle, Linda W ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometrics; Epidemiologic methods; Kappa; Screening; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

HUMAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026579239     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199203000-00017     Document Type: Article

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