Clinical Epidemiology

Sackett, D. L., Haynes, R. B., Guyatt, G. H., & Tugwell, P. (1991). Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1991

Link

https://archive.org/details/clinicalepidemio0000unse_d6r2

Cited from

cognitive_science, statistics_experimental_design

Cited by

2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Primes

• Measurement
  • In medicine, blood pressure, biomarkers, and diagnostic tests with sensitivity and specificity instantiate the chain, with bidirectional coupling visible in the white-coat effect.

    This sourceStandard clinical-epidemiology text on diagnostic-test sensitivity and specificity as the validity characteristics of a measurement instrument; the white-coat effect exemplifies bidirectional instrument–target coupling in clinical measurement.

• Precision Weighting
  • Clinical reasoning — physicians weighting diagnostic signals by sensitivity and specificity, with positive predictive value a precision-weighted combination at a given prevalence.

    This sourceDevelops diagnostic-test reasoning by sensitivity and specificity, with positive predictive value as a prevalence-conditioned combination of test signals.

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