Post hoc choice of cut points introduced bias to diagnostic research

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31 August 2006

journal article
Published by Elsevier in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Vol. 59 (8) , 798-801
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.11.025

Abstract

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Keywords

AREA UNDER CURVE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY

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