Random effects models in a meta-analysis of the accuracy of two diagnostic tests without a gold standard

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 486, 2009, Pages 512-523

  Chu, Haitao ^a   Chen, Sining ^b   Louis, Thomas A ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Diagnostic test; Generalized linear mixed model; Gold standard; Meta analysis; Missing data

Indexed keywords

EID: 66549088474     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2009.0017     Document Type: Article

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