Bayesian Approaches to Modeling the Conditional Dependence Between Multiple Diagnostic Tests

DOI10.1111/j.0006-341X.2001.00158.xzbMath1209.62275WikidataQ52066943 ScholiaQ52066943MaRDI QIDQ3078699

Lawrence Joseph, Nandini Dendukuri

Publication date: 1 March 2011

Published in: Biometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

correlation; sensitivity; Bayesian analysis; Markov chain Monte Carlo; specificity; binary data; random effects model; latent class model; diagnostic tests; gold standard

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P10: Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

62F15: Bayesian inference

62N03: Testing in survival analysis and censored data

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