A qualitative approach to Bayes' theorem

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 163-167

  Medow, Mitchell A ^a   Lucey, Catherine R ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; PLOTS AND CURVES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BAYES THEOREM; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 81855166897     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebm-2011-0007     Document Type: Article

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