Robust Estimation of Area Under ROC Curve Using Auxiliary Variables in the Presence of Missing Biomarker Values

Biometrics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 559-567

  Long, Qi ^a   Zhang, Xiaoxi ^b   Johnson, Brent A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Area under the curve; Biomarker; Doubly robust estimators; Missing at random; Missing not at random; Receiver operating characteristic curve; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DIAGNOSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; SAMPLING;

AREAS UNDER THE CURVES; AUXILIARY VARIABLES; DOUBLY ROBUST ESTIMATOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MISSING AT RANDOMS; MISSING NOT AT RANDOM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; ROBUST ESTIMATION; ROBUST ESTIMATORS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOMARKER; DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RESEARCH WORK; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959332817     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2010.01487.x     Document Type: Article

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