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.
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Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. mariannee@ahsl.co.nz
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*