Decision Analysis for the Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests, Prediction Models, and Molecular Markers
- 1 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Statistician
- Vol. 62 (4) , 314-320
- https://doi.org/10.1198/000313008x370302
Abstract
The traditional statistical approach to the evaluation of diagnostic tests, prediction models, and molecular markers is to assess their accuracy, using metrics such as sensitivity, specificity, and...Keywords
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