What Properties Should an Overall Measure of Test Performance Possess?
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What properties should an overall measure of test performance possess?
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.041376