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Empirical Evidence of Design-Related Bias in Studies of Diagnostic Tests

Jeroen G. Lijmer

JAMA · 1999 · 1.8K citations · 27 references

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Abstract

These data provide empirical evidence that diagnostic studies with methodological shortcomings may overestimate the accuracy of a diagnostic test, particularly those including nonrepresentative patients or applying different reference standards.

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27

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

Roman Jaeschke · JAMA · 1994

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2.2K citations

Problems of Spectrum and Bias in Evaluating the Efficacy of Diagnostic Tests

David F. Ransohoff, Alvan R. Feinstein · New England Journal of Medicine · 1978

1.7K citations

Combining independent studies of a diagnostic test into a summary roc curve: Data‐analytic approaches and some additional considerations

Lincoln E. Moses, David E. Shapiro, Benjamin Littenberg · Statistics in Medicine · 1993

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1.4K citations

THE ESTIMATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LOGARITHM OF A RATIO OF FREQUENCIES

By J. B. S. HALDANE · Annals of Human Genetics · 1956

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1K citations

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature

Roman Jaeschke · JAMA · 1994

+19

1K citations