Effect of diagnostic testing error on intracluster correlation coefficient estimation

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 63-75

  Branscum, A J ^a   Gardner, I A ^a   Wagner, B A ^b   McInturff, P S ^a   Salman, M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Intraclass correlation; Intracluster correlation; Sensitivity; Specificity; Survey analysis; Survey design

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 19344370940     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.01.015     Document Type: Article

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