Comparing Rasch analyses probability estimates to sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratios when examining the utility of medical diagnostic tests

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-201

  Cipriani, Daniel ^a   Fox, Christine ^b   Khuder, Sadik ^a   Boudreau, Nancy ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DISTORTS SYMPTOMS; LOGIT VALUES; MISSING VALUES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CORRELATION METHODS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18444394060     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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