Book recommendations for Sensitivity, Specificity, and ROC analysis

[Leah Quinlivan]

Dear List,

Happy new year and thank-you for your time in advance for your
collective wisdom. Could anyone please recommend good books books/
journal papers for Sensitivity, specificity, and ROC analysis,
specifically in relation to instrument testing? (theory and technical
practice?)

Again, thank-you

--
Leah Quinlivan BA MS.c., Ad Astra PhD Scholar
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Research
St. Vincents University Hospital
Elm Park
Dublin 4
Ireland
Phone: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]

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[Steve Simon, P.Mean Consulting]

On 1/4/2013 3:03 AM, leah quinlivan wrote:

 > Happy new year and thank-you for your time in advance for your
 > collective wisdom. Could anyone please recommend good books books/
 > journal papers for Sensitivity, specificity, and ROC analysis,
 > specifically in relation to instrument testing? (theory and technical
 > practice?)

The definitive source would be Margaret Pepe's book, The Statistical
Evaluation of Medical Tests for Classification and Prediction (Oxford
Statistical Science Series).

I also have some additional references at my website. It's a
hodge-podge, but you might find it helpful.
--> http://www.pmean.com/category/DiagnosticTesting.html

You will also find links to a small invention of mine, the likelihood
ratio slide rule. It's a portable version of the Fagan nomogram. I've
found that all the discussion of sensitivity and specificity was quite
confusing until I read about likelihood ratios. You should definitely
try attacking your problem from the likelihood ratio angle.

Good luck.


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[statisticsdoc]

Leah,

You might find the following papers helpful. They focus on the prediction of
violence, but go deeply into the logic of sensitivity, specificity, ROC
analysis, and related issues in psychiatric assessment.

Fazel et al (2012).  Use of risk assessment instruments to predict violence
and antisocial behaviour in 73 samples involving 24827 people: systematic
review and meta-analysis.  British Medical Journal, 345.

Singh, Grann & Fazel. (2011). A comparative study of violence risk
assessment tools: A systematic review and metaregression analysis of 68
studies involving 25,980 participants.  Clinical Psychology Review.

Singh & Fazel (2010).  Forensic risk assessment: A metareview.  Criminal
Justice and Behavior, 37, 965-988.

Best Regards,

Stephen Brand

www.StatisticsDoc.com


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Subject: Book recommendations for Sensitivity, Specificity, and ROC analysis

Dear List,

Happy new year and thank-you for your time in advance for your collective
wisdom. Could anyone please recommend good books books/ journal papers for
Sensitivity, specificity, and ROC analysis, specifically in relation to
instrument testing? (theory and technical
practice?)

Again, thank-you

--
Leah Quinlivan BA MS.c., Ad Astra PhD Scholar Department of Psychiatry and
Mental Health Research St. Vincents University Hospital Elm Park Dublin 4
Ireland
Phone: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]

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[Leah Quinlivan]

Hi there, thank-you so much for your reply, i look forward to getting
hold of that book, the website also looks like a great collective of
information (i will be getting stuck in there too). Thank-you so much
everyone for the replies, very happy I sought assistance and will be
getting stuck into this new material.

All the best and Happy new year :),

Leah

On 5 January 2013 16:22, Steve Simon, P.Mean Consulting <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On 1/4/2013 3:03 AM, leah quinlivan wrote:
>
>> Happy new year and thank-you for your time in advance for your
>> collective wisdom. Could anyone please recommend good books books/
>> journal papers for Sensitivity, specificity, and ROC analysis,
>> specifically in relation to instrument testing? (theory and technical
>> practice?)
>
> The definitive source would be Margaret Pepe's book, The Statistical
> Evaluation of Medical Tests for Classification and Prediction (Oxford
> Statistical Science Series).
>
> I also have some additional references at my website. It's a hodge-podge,
> but you might find it helpful.
> --> http://www.pmean.com/category/DiagnosticTesting.html
>
> You will also find links to a small invention of mine, the likelihood ratio
> slide rule. It's a portable version of the Fagan nomogram. I've found that
> all the discussion of sensitivity and specificity was quite confusing until
> I read about likelihood ratios. You should definitely try attacking your
> problem from the likelihood ratio angle.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
> Steve Simon, [hidden email], Standard Disclaimer.
> Sign up for the Monthly Mean, the newsletter that
> dares to call itself average at www.pmean.com/news
>

--
Leah Quinlivan BA MS.c., Ad Astra PhD Scholar
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Research
St. Vincents University Hospital
Elm Park
Dublin 4
Ireland
Phone: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]

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