The test characteristics of a biased or ignorant diagnostician

The test characteristics of a biased or ignorant diagnostician

Abstract Background A human diagnostician may harbour a special bias towards favourable positive or negative test results. The aim of the present analysis is to describe in quantitative terms how bias can affect the test characteristics of a human tester. Methods Whereas an unbiased tester would giv...

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Main Author: Amnon Sonnenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Subjects:
Bayes formula
Bias
Decision making
Dunning–Kruger effect
Judgement
Test characteristics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-01950-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-01950-2

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