Cochran's Q test was useful to assess heterogeneity in likelihood ratios in studies of diagnostic accuracy

The Combination of Estimates from Different Experiments

William G. Cochran · Biometrics · 1954 · 5.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Experimental Design +16

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

Public Health, Biostatistics, Internal Medicine +8

Likelihood ratios with confidence: Sample size estimation for diagnostic test studies

David L. Simel, Gregory P. Samsa, David B. Matchar · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 1991 · 930 citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Educational Assessment +16

Determinants of sensitivity and specificity of electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy.

Daniel Levy, Sherif B. Labib, Keaven M. Anderson et al. · Circulation · 1990 · 533 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Internal Medicine +16

Spectrum Bias or Spectrum Effect? Subgroup Variation in Diagnostic Test Evaluation

Stephanie A. Mulherin, William C. Miller · Annals of Internal Medicine · 2002 · 322 citations

Public Health, Biostatistics, Clinical Epidemiology +15