Sample size calculations for studies designed to evaluate diagnostic test accuracy

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 112-127

  Branscum, Adam J ^a   Johnson, Wesley O ^b   Gardner, Ian A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Prediction; Screening tests; Sensitivity; Specificity; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947701496     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571107X177519     Document Type: Article

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