Calculating accuracy rates from multiple assessors with limited information

American Statistician

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-238

  Tweedie, Richard ^a   Mengersen, Kerrie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Bayes s theorem; Diagnosis accuracy; Diagnosis reliability; Fibrosis; Lung cancer; Median agreement; Opacities; Predictive values; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033414038     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1999.10474465     Document Type: Article

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