Optimal designs of two-stage studies for estimation of sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 3609-3625

  McNamee, Roseanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Double sampling; Predictive value; Sensitivity; Specificity; Study design; Two phase studies; Two stage studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

ASTHMA; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037114431     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1318     Document Type: Article

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