Sample Size Calculations for Surveys to Substantiate Freedom of Populations from Infectious Agents

Biometrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-171

  Johnson, Wesley O ^a   Su, Chun Lung ^b   Gardner, Ian A ^b   Christensen, Ronald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes; Gibbs sampling; Hypergeometric distribution; Prediction; Prevalence; Risk analysis; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

BAYE; GIBBS SAMPLING; HYPERGEOMETRIC; HYPERGEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTIOUS AGENTS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZES; SENSITIVITY; SIZE CALCULATIONS; SPECIFICITY;

RISK ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMETRY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOMETRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1642275280     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2004.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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