The 2x2 Matrix
Contingency, Confusion and the Metrics of Binary Classification
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Beschreibung
This book presents and discusses the numerous measures of test performance that can be derived from 2x2 tables. Worked examples based on pragmatic test accuracy study data are used in chapters to illustrate relevance to day-to-day clinical practice. Readers will gain a good understanding of sensitivity and specificity and predictive values along with many other parameters.
The contents are highly structured and the use of worked examples facilitates understanding and interpretation.
This book is a resource for clinicians in any discipline who are involved in the performance or assessment of test accuracy studies, and professionals in the disciplines of machine learning or informatics wishing to gain insight into clinical applications of 2x2 tables.This book presents and discusses the numerous measures of test performance that can be derived from 2x2 tables. Worked examples based on pragmatic test accuracy study data are used in chapters to illustrate relevance to day-to-day clinical practice. Readers will gain a good understanding of sensitivity and specificity and predictive values along with many other parameters.
The contents are highly structured and the use of worked examples facilitates understanding and interpretation.
This book is a resource for clinicians in any discipline who are involved in the performance or assessment of test accuracy studies, and professionals in the disciplines of machine learning or informatics wishing to gain insight into clinical applications of 2x2 tables.
Explains the development of 2x2 tables and their implications for clinical practice Provides comprehensive coverage of the basics of the topic at a level accessible to those with basic mathematical knowledge but without any knowledge of statistics Provides worked examples using data from clinical practice to illustrate the calculation of all the parameters which may be derived from a 2x2 table
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A.J. Larner
Themen in »The 2x2 Matrix«
Contingency table Diagnostic test accuracy studies Informatics Machine learning 2x2 table Sensitivity and specificity