Risk of error and the kappa coefficient of a binary diagnostic test in the presence of partial verification

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 887-898

  Nofuentes, J A Roldán ^a   del Castillo, J D Luna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Covariates; Kappa; Partial verification; Risk; Sensitivity; Specificity; Verification bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148857712     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760701590681     Document Type: Article

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