Multiple imputation for the comparison of two screening tests in two-phase Alzheimer studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2370-2388

  Harel, Ofer ^a   Zhou, Xiao Hua ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Missing data; Multiple imputation; Two phase studies; Verification bias

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248333868     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2715     Document Type: Article

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