JSM Activity #CE_16CThis is the preliminary program for the 2004 Joint Statistical Meetings in Toronto, Canada. Currently included in this program is the "technical" program, schedule of invited, topic contributed, regular contributed and poster sessions; Continuing Education courses (August 7-10, 2004); and Committee and Business Meetings. This on-line program will be updated frequently to reflect the most current revisions. To View the Program: You may choose to view all activities of the program or just parts of it at any one time. All activities are arranged by date and time. |
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= Presenter FRY = Fairmont Royal York, ICH = InterContinental Hotel, TCC = Metro Toronto Convention Center |
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CE_16C | Mon, 8/9/04, 8:15 AM - 4:15 PM | FRY-Confederation 5 & 6 |
Statistical Methods in Diagnostic Medicine (1 Day Course) - Continuing Education - Course | ||
ASA, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology | ||
Instructor(s): Xiao-Hua A. Zhou, University of Washington | ||
The purpose of this one-day short course is to provide a comprehensive account of statistical methods for design and analysis of diagnostic studies, including sample size calculations, estimation of the accuracy of a diagnostic test, comparison of accuracies of competing diagnostic tests, and regression analysis of diagnostic accuracy data. Additionally, some recently developed methods for correction of verification bias and imperfect reference bias, and meta-analysis methods will be discussed. This short course will be based on the instructor's recent textbook entitled ``Statistical Methods in Diagnostic Medicine'' that was published by Wiley & Sons in year 2002 | ||
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