Choosing a design to fit the situation: How to improve specificity and positive predictive values using Bayesian lot quality assurance sampling

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 346-355

  Olives, Casey ^a,b   Pagano, Marcello ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; LQAS; PPV; Specificity; Vaccination coverage

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORICAL RECORD; NUMERICAL METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BAYESIAN LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; HUMAN; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION;

EID: 84875630742     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys230     Document Type: Article

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