Smooth semiparametric receiver operating characteristic curves for continuous diagnostic tests

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2565-2586

  Wan, Shuwen ^a,b   Zhang, Biao ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Density ratio model; Distribution function; Logistics regression; ROC curve; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN 125; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; KERNEL METHOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VARIANCE;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY; CA-125 ANTIGEN; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 34248996939     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.2726     Document Type: Article

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