Fully non-parametric receiver operating characteristic curve estimation for random-effects meta-analysis

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 5-20

  Martínez Camblor, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

meta analysis; random effects; receiver operating characteristic curve; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYNTHESIS; YOUDEN INDEX; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

INTERLEUKIN 6;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 85008702021     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280214537047     Document Type: Article

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