Bayesian estimation of cluster-level test accuracy based on different sampling schemes

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 250-271

  Su, Chun Lung ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^b   Johnson, Wesley O ^c  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Ringgold Standard Institution Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster test; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Prevalence; Sensitivity; Sequential test; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

BOS; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 56349153186     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571107X198895     Document Type: Article

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