Sample Size for Assessing Agreement between Two Methods of Measurement by Bland-Altman Method

International Journal of Biostatistics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Lu, Meng Jie ^a   Zhong, Wei Hua ^a   Liu, Yu Xiu ^a   Miao, Hua Zhang ^a   Li, Yong Chang ^a   Ji, Mu Huo ^b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bland Altman method; limits of agreement; method comparison study; Monte Carlo simulation; sample size estimation

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SAMPLE SIZE; BIOMETRY; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIOMETRY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 85006137707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15574679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ijb-2015-0039     Document Type: Article

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