title: [On statistical evaluation of efficacy for dichotomous test result].
abstract: Today in our country multivariate statistical analysis in health science are not very widespread, they are used only in few selected health center. So I will try to elucidate some multidimensional procedure to evaluate dichotomous results in diagnostic test. Anyway, someone can take a further advantage to apply these techniques to complex therapeutic treatments. New technologies make possible everyone to process data by means of the multivariate methodology, so I propose tested techniques like logistic regression combined with area under the ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) curve.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Fisica Medica, Università degli Studi di Siena, Policlinico Le Scotte, Siena, Italia. galassi2@unisi.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galassi
mesh_terms: D019937:Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results