Vnitr Lek 1994, 40(6):394-397
[Diagnostic validity of tests--binary tables or multidimensional statistical methods?].
- Oddelenie klinických laboratórií, VN Kosice.
The authors criticize the use of concepts of sensitivity and specificity calculated by means of a binary table in differential diagnostic reflections pertaining to more than one disease or several, i.e. more than one diagnostic test. On examples they present possibilities of different ways for calculating these concepts with different not correlating results. They indicate the justification of using multidimensional statistical methods in those instances and their better diagnostic yield.
Keywords: Diagnosis; Sensitivity and Specificity; Statistics as Topic, methods,
Published: June 1, 1994 Show citation