Three approaches to regression analysis of receiver operating characteristic curves for continuous test results

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 124-135

  Pepe, Margaret Sullivan ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Screening; Sensitivity and specificity; True positive and false positive

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; DIAGNOSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; FALSE POSITIVE; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS METHODS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST ACCURACY; TRUE POSITIVE; TRUE POSITIVE AND FALSE POSITIVE;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031944140     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2534001     Document Type: Article

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