Technical Report XI

Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy Measures for Two Combined Diagnostic Tests

T Chatzimichail, AT Hatjimihail

Abstract

This Demonstration shows plots of various diagnostic accuracy measures for two combined diagnostic tests applied at a single point in time to nondiseased and diseased populations. This is done for different values of disease prevalence, taking into account the means and standard deviations of the populations and the respective correlation coefficients. The means and standard deviations are expressed in arbitrary units. The user can select the following measures of the combined tests using the 'plot' popup menu: sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive valuenegative predictive value, (diagnostic) odds ratio, likelihood ratio for a positive test result, and likelihood ratio for a negative test result. These measures are plotted against the sensitivities or specificities of each single test, selected using the corresponding “versus” button.

First Published

2018-04-03

Revised

2026-06-05

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.20561047

Citation

Chatzimichail T, Hatjimihail AT. Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy Measures for Two Combined Diagnostic Tests. Technical Report XI. Hellenic Complex Systems Laboratory; 2018. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20561047.

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