Assessing Diagnostic Tests: How to Correct for the Combined Effects of Interpretation and Reference Standard

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Omurtag, Ahmet ^a   Fenton, Andre A ^b  

^a Bio Signal Group Inc   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GOLD STANDARD; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; STANDARD;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84871542957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052221     Document Type: Article

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