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SUBMITTER: Liu A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3227145 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Aiyi A Wu Chengqing C Yu Kai F KF
Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences 20080701 1874
Considered in the paper is the problem of selecting a diagnostic biomarker that has the highest classification rate among several candidate markers with dichotomous outcomes. The probability of correct selection depends on a number of nuisance parameters from the joint distribution of the biomarkers and thus can be substantially affected if these nuisance parameters are misspecified. A two-stage procedure is proposed to compute the needed sample size that achieves the desired level of correct se ...[more]