Comparing two medical tests when results of reference standard are unavailable for those negative via both tests

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-166

  Kondratovich, Marina V ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Missing values; Multiple imputation; Ratio of false positive rates; Ratio of true positive rates; Verification bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFORMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37549010329     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400701668308     Document Type: Article

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