Estimation of the false negative fraction of a diagnostic kit through Bayesian regression model averaging

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 653-667

  Ranyimbo, A O ^a   Held, Leonhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; False negative fraction; Screening selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COVARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FECES; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 31744433709     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2311     Document Type: Article

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