The Statistical Evaluation of Medical Tests for Classification and Prediction (Oxford Statistical Science Series)

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The Statistical Evaluation of Medical Tests for Classification and Prediction (Oxford Statistical Science Series)

by Margaret Sullivan Pepe

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: Thursday, December 16, 2004
Number of Pages: 320
ISBN: 0198565828

Book Summary:
This book describes statistical concepts and techniques for evaluating medical diagnostic tests and biomarkers for detecting disease. More generally, the techniques pertain to the statistical classification problem for predicting a dichotomous outcome. Measures for quantifying test accuracy
are described including sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, diagnostic likelihood ratios and the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve that is commonly used for continuous and ordinal valued tests. Statistical procedures are presented for estimating and comparing them. Regression
frameworks for assessing factors that influence test accuracy and for comparing tests while adjusting for such factors are presented. This book presents many worked examples of real data and should be of interest to practicing statisticians or quantitative researchers involved in the development of
tests for classification or prediction in medicine.

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Last Updated: 24 November 2007.