Bivariate random effects meta-analysis of diagnostic studies using generalized linear mixed models

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 499-508

  Chu, Haitao ^a   Guo, Hongfei ^b   Zhou, Yijie ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

area under the ROC curve; bivariate random effect models; meta analysis; receiver operating characteristic curve; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; META ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL;

LINEAR MODELS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77954935248     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X09353452     Document Type: Article

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