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VOLUME 25 , ISSUE S3 ( December, 2021 ) > List of Articles

INVITED ARTICLE

An Introduction to Statistics: Diagnostic Tests

Priya Ranganathan

Keywords : Diagnostic test, Sensitivity, Specificity

Citation Information :

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24070

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 12-01-2022

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2021; The Author(s).


Abstract

Diagnostic tests are used to differentiate between those with and without disease. In this article, we examine some of the properties of diagnostic tests, such as sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and receiver operating characteristic curves.


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