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Confidence interval construction for sensitivity difference of two continuous-scale diagnostic tests at the fixed level of two specificities

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  • Tang, Nian-Sheng
  • Luo, Xian-Gui

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We propose five confidence intervals for sensitivity difference of two continuous-scale diagnostic tests at the fixed level of two specificities based on the generalized pivotal quantity method, the hybrid method and the Bootstrap resampling method.

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  • Tang, Nian-Sheng & Luo, Xian-Gui, 2015. "Confidence interval construction for sensitivity difference of two continuous-scale diagnostic tests at the fixed level of two specificities," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 32-40.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:97:y:2015:i:c:p:32-40
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2014.10.016
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