Diagnostic test summary measures for three ordinal groups


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Documentation for package ‘DiagTest3Grp’ version 1.6

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DiagTest3Grp-package Diagnostic test summary measures for three ordinal groups
AL Alzheimer's disease neuropsychometric marker dataset
bootSample Draw a bootstrap sample from a given vector of data values
BW.ref Calculate the bandwidth (normal reference rule and Sheather-Jones plug-in rule) in kernel smoothing for density estimation
CI.normal Provide the lower and upper limit of a normal confidence interval given an estimate and its associated variance
DiagTest3Grp Diagnostic test summary measures for three ordinal groups
DiagTest3Grp.Test Statistical test on the summary measure (VUS or Youden) estimate on two markers or multiple markers
empirical.cdf Empirical cumulative density function estimation
FisherZ Fisher's Z transformation
FisherZ.Var Calculate the variance of an estimator after Fisher's Z transformation
KernelSmoothing.cdf Kernel smoothing cumulative density function (CDF)
NonParametric.VUS Nonparametric estimate of volumn under ROC surface (VUS)
NonParametric.VUS.var Boostrap variance of the nonparametric estimate on volumn under ROC surface (VUS)
Normal.VUS Volume under ROC surface (VUS) and partial VUS estimate and associated variance under normality assumptions
Pairwise.DiagTest3Grp.Test Do pairwise statistical test on the summary measure (VUS or Youden) estimate between a pair among multiple markers
plot.DiagTest3Grp Scatter plot and boxplot on an object of class DiagTest3Grp
print.DiagTest3Grp Print an object of class DiagTest3Grp
SampleSize.VUS Sample size for volume under surface (VUS)
SampleSize.Youden3Grp Sample size for the extended Youden index for three ordinal groups
Sp.Sm.Se Obtain empirical estimation of the three correct classification probabilities
var.mu Variance estimate of the sample estimate for a normal mean parameter
var.sigma Variance of a sample estimate for a normal standard deviation (SD) parameter
VUS A wrapper function for Volume under Surface (VUS) estimate, variance estimate under normal and nonparametric assumption and sample size calculation
VUS.CutPoint Find the optimal cut-points in volumn under ROC surface (VUS) analyses
Youden3Grp The wrapper function for Youden index analysis
Youden3Grp.OptimalCutoff.Normal.trueMeanSD The Youden index and optimal cut point estimation under normal distribution for three ordinal diagnostic groups
Youden3Grp.PointEst Provide point estimates for the extended Youden index, the associated optimal cut-points, and sample size for three ordinal groups
Youden3Grp.Variance.Bootstrap Obtain bootstrap variance and confidence itnerval on the extended Youden index and optimal cut-off points
Youden3Grp.Variance.Normal Variance estimations for the extended Youden index and associated lower and upper optimal cut-point under normality assumption