The use of components’ weights improves the diagnostic accuracy of a health-related index

DOI10.1080/03610926.2017.1388401OpenAlexW2762478121MaRDI QIDQ5860776

Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Fragkiskos G. Bersimis, Malvina G. Vamvakari

Publication date: 22 November 2021

Published in: Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2017.1388401

zbMATH Keywords

sensitivityclassificationspecificityweighting

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Generalized linear models (logistic models) (62J12)

Uses Software

• aplore3
• bootstrap

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