Classification versus association models: Should the same methods apply?

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 242, 2010, Pages 53-58

  Feng, Ziding ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Biomarkers; Classification; Likelihood; Logistic regression; Odds ratio; ROC curve; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION MODEL; BIOSTATISTICS; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953157234     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2010.493387     Document Type: Review

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