Maximum likelihood estimators of sensitivity and specificity corrected for verification bias

DOI10.1080/03610929308831209zbMath0785.62098OpenAlexW2090681822MaRDI QIDQ4275145

Xiao-Hua Andrew Zhou

Publication date: 13 January 1994

Published in: Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610929308831209

zbMATH Keywords

sensitivitymaximum likelihood estimatorsspecificitydiagnostic testsdisease statusverification biasmeasures of accuracy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Point estimation (62F10)

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