Exact confidence interval estimation for the difference in diagnostic accuracy with three ordinal diagnostic groups |
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Authors: | Lili Tian Chengjie XiongChin-Ying Lai Albert Vexler |
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Institution: | a Department of Biostatistics, University at Buffalo, 249 Farber Hall, 3435 Main St. Bldg. 26 Buffalo, NY 14214-3000, USA b Division of Biostatistics, Washington University at St. Louis, Buffalo, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA |
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Abstract: | In the cases with three ordinal diagnostic groups, the important measures of diagnostic accuracy are the volume under surface (VUS) and the partial volume under surface (PVUS) which are the extended forms of the area under curve (AUC) and the partial area under curve (PAUC). This article addresses confidence interval estimation of the difference in paired VUS s and the difference in paired PVUS s. To focus especially on studies with small to moderate sample sizes, we propose an approach based on the concepts of generalized inference. A Monte Carlo study demonstrates that the proposed approach generally can provide confidence intervals with reasonable coverage probabilities even at small sample sizes. The proposed approach is compared to a parametric bootstrap approach and a large sample approach through simulation. Finally, the proposed approach is illustrated via an application to a data set of blood test results of anemia patients. |
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Keywords: | Diagnostic accuracy Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve Generalized pivot Generalized test variable |
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