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The Statistics of Diagnostic Tests

Home The Statistics of Diagnostic Tests

Ever have trouble keeping the difference between sensitivity, specificity and predictive values straight in your head? And likelihood ratios are all the rage, but what do they add? Watch as Joe helps Russell figure out what his patient’s test results mean.

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  • BMJ stats mini blog
  • Tessa Davis’ post “Screening tests and statistics – We’re only doctors, what do we know?” on the Don’t Forget The Bubbles blog.
  • Brent Thoma’s post “Diagnostic Statistics for Medical Students” on Boring EM.
  • BMJ Statistics Notes: Diagnostic tests 1: sensitivity and specificity. An oldie, but it’s short and sweet.
  • BMJ Statistics Notes: Diagnostic tests 2: predictive values. Again, a bit old but still helpful.
  • If you like watching videos, then check out Jennifer Le-Rademacher’s (Division of Biostatistics at the Medical College of Wisconsin) presentation on Statistics, Probability and Diagnostic Medicine. You’ll need to be ready to concentrate though to keep track of the terminology.
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