Sample size recalculation in sequential diagnostic trials

Biostatistics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-163

  Tang, Liansheng Larry ^a   Liu, Aiyi ^b  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Error spending function; ROC; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; ROC CURVE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 72649105865     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxp044     Document Type: Article

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