Technical Report XIV

Relation of Diagnostic Accuracy Measures

T Chatzimichail, AT Hatjimihail

Abstract

This Demonstration examines the relation between pairs of diagnostic accuracy measures of diagnostic tests applied to normally distributed nondiseased and diseased populations. This is done for different values of disease prevalence, taking into account the means and standard deviations of the populations. The means and standard deviations are expressed in arbitrary units. The measures considered are the positive predictive value (PPV), the negative predictive value (NPV), the (diagnostic) odds ratio (OR), the likelihood ratio for a positive test result (LR+) and the likelihood ratio for a negative test result (LR−). The measures can be selected by selecting the respective 'plot' and 'versus' buttons.

First Published

2018-05-02

Revised

2026-06-06

DOI

10.5281/zenodo.20572510

Citation

Chatzimichail T, Hatjimihail AT. Relation of Diagnostic Accuracy Measures. Technical Report XIV. Hellenic Complex Systems Laboratory; 2018. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20572510.

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