Youden's J statistic
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Youden's J statistic (also called Youden's index) is a single statistic that captures the performance of a diagnostic test. The use of such a single index is "not generally to be recommended".[1] It is equal to the risk difference for a dichotomous test [2].
[edit] Definition
- Y = Sensitivity + Specificity − 1
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Everitt B.S. (2002) The Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics. CUP ISBN 0-521-81099-x
- ^ H C Kraemer (2004) "Reconsidering the odds ratio as a measure of 2x2 association in a population." Statistics in Medicine 23:257-270.
- Youden W. J., "Index for rating diagnostic tests.", Cancer 1950; 3: 32-35
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