Computational methods to simultaneously compare the predictive values of two diagnostic tests with missing data: EM-SEM algorithms and multiple imputation

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Main Author: Roldan-Nofuentes, Jose Antonio
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Published: 2024
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contents Predictive values are measures of the clinical accuracy of a binary diagnostic test, and depend on the sensitivity and the specificity of the test and on the disease prevalence among the population being studied. This article studies hypothesis tests to simultaneously compare the predictive values of two binary diagnostic tests in the presence of missing data. The hypothesis tests were solved applying two computational methods: the EM and SEM algorithms and multiple imputation. Simulation experiments were carried out to study the sizes and the power of the hypothesis tests, giving some general rules of application. Two R programmes were written to apply each method, and they are available as supplementary material for the manuscript. The results were applied to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
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spellingShingle Computational methods to simultaneously compare the predictive values of two diagnostic tests with missing data: EM-SEM algorithms and multiple imputation
Roldan-Nofuentes, Jose Antonio
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Predictive values are measures of the clinical accuracy of a binary diagnostic test, and depend on the sensitivity and the specificity of the test and on the disease prevalence among the population being studied. This article studies hypothesis tests to simultaneously compare the predictive values of two binary diagnostic tests in the presence of missing data. The hypothesis tests were solved applying two computational methods: the EM and SEM algorithms and multiple imputation. Simulation experiments were carried out to study the sizes and the power of the hypothesis tests, giving some general rules of application. Two R programmes were written to apply each method, and they are available as supplementary material for the manuscript. The results were applied to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
title Computational methods to simultaneously compare the predictive values of two diagnostic tests with missing data: EM-SEM algorithms and multiple imputation
topic Other Statistics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.21190