Margaret Sullivan Pepe (University of W Professor of Biostatistics

The Statistical Evaluation of Medical Tests for Classification and Prediction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes statistical techniques for the design and evaluation of research studies on medical diagnostic tests, screening tests, biomarkers and new technologies for classification and prediction in medicine.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Statistical Science Series
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9780198565826
• ISBN-10: 0198565828
• Artikelnr.: 21729861

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Measures of Accuracy for Binary Tests
3: Comparing Binary Tests and Regression Analysis
4: The Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve
5: Estimating the ROC Curve
6: Covariate Effects on Continuous and Ordinal Tests
7: Incomplete Data and Imperfect Reference Tests
8: Study Design and Hypothesis Testing
9: More Topics and Conclusions
References/Bibliography
Index