Nonparametric estimation of ROC curves based on Bayesian models when the true disease state is unknown

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-146

  Wang, Chong ^a   Turnbull, Bruce W ^b   Gröhn, Yrjö T ^a   Nielsen, Søren S ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Johne's Disease; Markov chain Monte Carlo; No gold standard; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

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EID: 33947695108     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571107X178095     Document Type: Article

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