Abstract
Several optimality properties of Dorfman's (1943) group testing procedure are derived for estimation of the prevalence of a rare disease whose status is classified with error. Exact ranges of disease prevalence are obtained for which group testing provides more efficient estimation when group size increases.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 245-251 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biometrika |
Volume | 99 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2012 |
Keywords
- Binary outcome
- Maximum likelihood estimation
- Pooling
- Prevalence
- Sensitivity
- Specificity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Statistics and Probability
- Mathematics(all)
- Applied Mathematics
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty