Local regression: A new approach for measurement system comparison analysis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1211-1219

  Geistanger, Andrea ^a   Berding, Christoph ^a   Vorberg, Ewald ^a   Herlan, Mark ^a  

^a ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bland Altman analysis; Local regression; Measurement system comparison; Method comparison studies; Metrological equivalence; Substantial equivalence

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LINEAR MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 51849130638     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.267     Document Type: Note

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