Books by Lyle D. Broemeling

After a review of the usual measures, including specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and the area under the ROC curve, this book expands its scope to cover the more advanced topics of verification bias, diagnostic tests with imperfect gold standards, and medical tests where no gold standard is available

Written by a biostatistics expert with over 20 years of experience in the field, this book is the first to introduce epidemiology from a Bayesian perspective. It shows epidemiologists how Bayesian models and techniques are useful in studying the association between disease and exposure to risk factors. With many examples and end-of-chapter exerc

After a review of the usual measures, including specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and the area under the ROC curve, this book expands its scope to cover the more advanced topics of verification bias, diagnostic tests with imperfect gold standards, and medical tests where no gold standard is available. The author offers a practical treatment by including R and WinBUGS code in the examples and by employing the Bayesian approach throughout the text. He also provides practical problems at the end of each chapter.

Exploring Bayesian statistics at an introductory level, this book illustrates how to apply these methods to solve problems in medicine and biology. It introduces Bayesian statistics and the estimation of accuracy. It then discusses patient covariate information and the statistical methods for estimating the agreement among observers.

Employs a Bayesian approach to provide statistical inferences based on various models of intra- and inter rater agreement. This book explores numerous measures of agreement, including the Kappa coefficient, the G coefficient, and intraclass correlation. It discusses how to successfully design and analyze an agreement study.