Estimators of sensitivity and specificity in the presence of verification bias: A Bayesian ap\-proach

DOI10.1016/j.csda.2005.12.021zbMath1157.62537OpenAlexW2059207722MaRDI QIDQ1010396

Jorge Alberto Achcar, Edson Zangiacomi Martinez, Franscisco Louzada-Neto

Publication date: 6 April 2009

Published in: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2005.12.021

zbMATH Keywords

sensitivityGibbs samplingspecificitydiagnostic testsverification biaswork-up bias

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Bayesian inference (62F15) Estimation in survival analysis and censored data (62N02)

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