Optimal dichotomization of screening test variables

DOI10.1016/J.JSPI.2004.01.004zbMath1062.62244OpenAlexW2073608027MaRDI QIDQ1776866

Seymour Geisser, Ming-Dauh Wang

Publication date: 12 May 2005

Published in: Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspi.2004.01.004

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo optimizationPredictive distributionOptimal dichotomizerScreening testDecision-theoretic Bayesian approach

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures (62C10) Monte Carlo methods (65C05)

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