Using a web-based application to define the accuracy of diagnostic tests when the gold standard is imperfect.
BACKGROUND: Estimates of the sensitivity and specificity for new diagnostic tests based on evaluation against a known gold standard are imprecise when the accuracy of the gold standard is imperfect. Bayesian latent class models (LCMs) can be helpful under these circumstances, but the necessary analy...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Jezik: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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