Questions tagged [diagnostic]

Diagnostic measures (such as residuals or some summary statistics calculated from residuals) are used to evaluate some aspect of quality of model fit to data.

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How to interpret diagnostic plots for GEV distribution

I produced the following Diagnostic plots, from the following R Code: library(evir) library(ismev) data(nidd.annual) nidd.annual nidd.annualgevfit=gev.fit(nidd.annual) gev.diag(nidd.annualgevfit) And am wondering how I am interpret these and…
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How to compare the positive predictive value and negative predictive value of two diagnostic tests?

Im a surgeon who's trying to compare two diagnostic tests that are used to diagnose appendicitis. Two diagnostic tests were applied on 150 patients and the results were compared to a gold standard. I understand that the sensitivities and…
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Biostatistics Advice: Comparing diagnostic / prognostic utility of 2 tests

I am a medical doctor not a statistician with some experience using STATA and SPSS. I am currently analysing a dataset looking at the prognostic value of two diagnostic tests at predicting clinical outcomes. The outcome is: Death Diagnostic Test: …
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