Determining sample size to evaluate and compare the accuracy of binary diagnostic tests in the presence of partial disease verification

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 742-755

  Roldan Nofuentes J A ^a   Luna del Castillo, J D ^a   Montero Alonso, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BINARY TESTS; CORONARY STENOSISES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; SAMPLE SIZES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITIES;

TESTING;

EID: 56349125570     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2008.07.030     Document Type: Article

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