A parametric comparison of diagnostic accuracy with three ordinal diagnostic groups

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 682-693

  Xiong, Chengjie ^a   Van Belle, Gerald ^b   Miller, J Philip ^a   Yan, Yan ^c   Gao, Feng ^a   Yu, Kai ^a   Morris, John C ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Maximum likelihood estimate; Receiver operating characteristic surface; Sensitivity; Specificity; Volume under ROC

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; CHARACTERISTIC SURFACES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC SURFACE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY; VOLUME UNDER RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 35448969386     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200610359     Document Type: Article

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