Empirical Bayes Combination of Estimated Areas under ROC Curves Using Estimating Equations
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Medical Decision Making
- Vol. 16 (1), 24-28
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989x9601600109
Abstract
A synthesis of the empirical Bayes method and the method of estimating equations is used to combine individual receiver operating characteristic (ROC) area estimates from different studies of the same diagnostic test into a single estimate. This single estimate represents the population mean from which individual areas under the ROC curves were sampled. The only data needed to carry out the method are estimated areas under the ROC curves and the corresponding standard errors. Key words: ROC curves; empirical Bayes method. (Med Decis Making 1996;16:24-28)Keywords
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