Propagation of uncertainty in Bayesian diagnostic test interpretation

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 452-459

  Srinivasan, Preethi ^a   Westover, M Brandon ^a   Bianchi, Matt T ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes; decision; sensitivity; specicity; statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSTTEST PROBABILITY; PRETEST PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84865974260     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3182621a2c     Document Type: Article

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