Abstract #302069

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JSM 2003 Abstract #302069
Activity Number: 129
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 4, 2003 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Biometrics Section
Abstract - #302069
Title: Nonparametric Regression for ROC analysis
Author(s): E. S. Venkatraman*+
Companies: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Address: 1275 York Ave., New York, NY, 10021-6007,
Keywords: diagnostic tests
Abstract:

The receiver operating characteristic analysis is the established standard for evaluating a diagnostic tool. The performance of a diagnostic test is often affected by covariates. We present nonparametric regression techniques for studying the effect of covariates on the accuracy of a diagnostic marker and for comparing two markers.

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