Bayesian analysis of serial dilution assays

Biometrics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 407-417

  Gelman, Andrew ^a   Chew, Ginger L ^a   Shnaidman, Michael ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Assay; Bayesian inference; Detection limit; Elisa; Measurement error models; Serial dilution; Weighted average

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DILUTION; INFERENCE ENGINES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; BAYESIAN METHODS; DETECTION LIMITS; ELISA; HETEROSCEDASTIC; MEASUREMENT ERROR MODELS; MEASUREMENTS OF; SERIAL DILUTIONS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

ASSAYS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BAYES THEOREM; DILUTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSE DUST; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SERIAL DILUTION ASSAY;

BLATTARIA;

EID: 2942657876     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2004.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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