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Estimating the Error Rates of Diagnostic Tests
Abstract
It is often required to evaluate the accuracy of a new diagnostic test against a standard test with unknown error rates. If the two tests are applied simultaneously to the same individuals from two populations with different disease prevalences, then assuming conditional independence of the errors of the two tests, the error rates of both tests and the true prevalences in both populations can be estimated by a maximum likelihood procedure. Generalizations to several tests applied in several populations are also possible.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hui, S. L., & Walter, S. D.
- ORCID
- Walter, S. D.
- Venue
- Biometrics
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1980-03
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 167
- ISSN
- 0006-341X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2093268197
- Cited by
- 780
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 29 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 25 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 33 · 2013: 33 · 2012: 35
- FWCI
- 1.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biometrics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Probability and Statistical Research
- Keywords
- diagnostic accuracy, error rate estimation, test agreement, disease prevalence estimation, multiple diagnostic tests, maximum likelihood estimation
- MeSH terms
- Diagnostic Errors, Humans, Probability, Skin Tests, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Clinical Laboratory Techniques
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