JSM Activity #366

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Activity ID:  366
Title
* ! New Statistical Methods in Diagnostic Medicine
Date / Time / Room Sponsor Type
08/15/2002
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: H-Concourse G 		Biometrics Section*, Section on Government Statistics*, Section on Health Policy Statistics*, Section on Risk Analysis*, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology* Invited
Organizer: Kung-Jong Lui, San Diego State University
Chair: Kung-Jong Lui, San Diego State University
Discussant: 9:50 AM - David E. Shapiro, Harvard School of Public Health    
Floor Discussion 10:10 AM
Description

In a rapidly changing world of advancing technology, it is very important to evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests for both quality of care and cost ascertainment. The ROC methodology is a commonly used statistical tool for such an evaluation. This session will discuss several new developments in ROC methodology.
  300009  By:  Lori E. Dodd 8:35 AM 08/15/2002
Regression Methodology in Diagnostic Testing

  300010  By:  Xiao-Hua (Andrew)  Zhou 9:00 AM 08/15/2002
Improved Confidence Intervals for the Sensitivity of a Continuous-scale Test at a Fixed Level of Specificity

  300026  By:  Alistair J. O'Malley 9:25 AM 08/15/2002
Bayesian Hierarchical Transformation Models for Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analysis

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