Prior probability (the pretest best guess) affects predictive values of diagnostic tests

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-158

  Erb, Hollis N ^a  

^a College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Negative predictive value; Positive predictive value; Prevalence; Sensitivity; Specificity; Test accuracy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 79957907484     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2011.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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