Statistics in the pathology laboratory: characteristics of diagnostic tests.
Sensitivity, specificity and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves all provide information about the ability of a diagnostic test to provide useful information in the assessment of disease. They are discussed in this review along with the importance of estimates of precision.
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. mariannee@ahsl.co.nz
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D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000379:methods*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods*