ROC and loss function analysis in sequential testing

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-17

  Muijtjens, Arno M M ^a   Van Luijk, Scheltus J ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; False negatives; False positives; Loss function; OSCE; Receiver Operator Characteristic; ROC analysis; Sequential test; SP based test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33645472117     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-004-6856-7     Document Type: Article

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