Optimal dichotomization for repeated screening tests

Ming-Dauh Wang and Seymour Geisser

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2003, vol. 62, issue 1, 61-70

Abstract: Repeated use of a screening test for ascertaining a characteristic often can improve screening performance. We propose a Bayesian predictive decision-theoretic approach to choosing an optimal dichotomizer for the screening test variable in the repeat-test setting.

Keywords: Screening; test; Repeated; testing; Optimal; dichotomizer; Bayesian; predictive; decision-theoretic; approach; Monte; Carlo; optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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