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Evaluating Medical Tests
Objective and Quantitative Guidelines


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Evaluation (General)

May 1992 | 296 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
In this book, Kraemer presents a systematic, objective methodology by which to determine the effectiveness of medical tests. She shows clearly and concisely how to define statistical terms and approaches consistently from study to study, how to stipulate statistical assumptions underlying various approaches, how to check for empirical validity and how to judge the robustness of statistical outcomes, resulting in models that integrate many different approaches and extend the strengths of each.
 
Introduction
 
Disorder and Diagnosis
 
Definition
Test Protocol, Response, Referent

 
 
Families of Test Referents
 
Population and Sampling
 
Sensitivity and Specificity
The Signal Detection Approach

 
 
Predictive Values
The Bayesian Approach, Risk Ratios and Odds Ratio

 
 
Efficiency
Choosing Clinically Optimal Tests

 
 
Taking Test Costs into Account
Costworthy Tests

 
 
Basic Issues in Using Multiple Tests
 
Evaluating Batteries of Medical Tests
Optimal Sequences

 
 
Evaluating Batteries of Medical Tests
Optimal Scores

 
 
Evaluating Batteries of Prognostic Tests with Variable Follow-Up Times
 
Evaluation of Medical Tests
The Past, Present and Future

 

"This volume is a pleasure to read. It succinctly combines carefully reasoned conceptualization with the mathematical methods for addressing test evaluation problems. With clinically relevant illustrative examples, it draws on the author’s extensive experience and research in biomedical statistics. It is a classic!" 

John Rush, M.D.

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