Intervals for posttest probabilities: A comparison of 5 methods

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 498-507

  Mossman, Douglas ^a   Berger, James O ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Confidence interval; Objective Bayesian; Positive predictive value; Posterior odds; Posterior probability; Posttest probability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EVALUATION; EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICS; TECHNIQUE;

BAYES THEOREM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035169182     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02729890122062857     Document Type: Article

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