Pepe, Margaret Sullivan, 1961-

The statistical evaluation of medical tests for classification and prediction / Margaret Sullivan Pepe. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. - xvi, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Oxford statistical science series ; 28 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-296) and index.

1. Introduction ; 2. Measures of Accuracy for Binary Tests ; 3. Comparing Binary Tests and Regression Analysis ; 4. The Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve ; 5. Estimating the ROC Curve ; 6. Covariate Effects on Continuous and Ordinal Tests ; 7. Incomplete Data and Imperfect Reference Tests ; 8. Study Design and Hypothesis Testing ; 9. More Topics and Conclusions ; References/Bibliography ; Index

0198509847 (alk. paper)

2003542924

GBA2-T7897

101175173 DNLM


Medical statistics.
Diagnosis, Laboratory--Research--Statistical methods.
Statistics.
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures--statistics & numerical data.
Research Design--statistics & numerical data.

RB38.3 / .P47 2003

616.075 PEP

2003 G-873 WA 950 / P421s 2003