Bayesian estimation of diagnostic tests accuracy for semi-latent data with covariates

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 809-821

  Martinez, Edson Zangiacomi ^a   Achcar, Jorge Alberto ^a,b   Louzada Neto, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Diagnostic tests; Sensitivity; Specificity; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COVARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 22544433129     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/BIP-200067912     Document Type: Article

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