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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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-01950-2 |