Simultaneous non-inferiority test of sensitivity and specificity for two diagnostic procedures in the presence of a gold standard

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-60

  Chen, James J ^a   Hsueh, Huey Miin ^b   Liu, Jen Pei ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Correlated binary endpoints; Diagnostic procedure or screening test; One sided equivalence test; Sample size

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; SCREENING; STATISTICS;

ACCURACY; CORRELATED BINARY ENDPOINT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE OR SCREENING TEST; EQUIVALENCE TESTS; NON-INFERIORITY; ONE-SIDED EQUIVALENCE TEST; SAMPLE SIZES; SCREENING TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 0037283022     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200290015     Document Type: Article

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