Comparison of adjustment methods for stratified two-sample tests in the context of ROC analysis

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-263

  Zou, Kelly H ^a   Carlsson, Martin O ^a   Yu, Ching Ray ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Area under the curve; Binormal model; Monotone transformation; Receiver operating characteristic analysis; Two sample tests

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

ADJUSTMENT METHOD; AREAS UNDER THE CURVES; BINORMAL MODEL; MONOTONE TRANSFORMATION; NONPARAMETRICS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS; TWO-SAMPLE TESTS; VARIANCE WEIGHTING; WEIGHTING METHODS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84860110063     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201000251     Document Type: Article

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