Research Article

Comparison of Two Bayesian Methods in Evaluation of the Absence of the Gold Standard Diagnostic Tests

Table 9

The impact of the number of prior information on the assessment result (conditional independence situation).

NumberDICpT-SPOTKD38

01.404-20.80.50590.740.40780.55330.6127
118.12-3.9920.45240.81250.44620.67630.6624
224.032.00.43570.89350.49480.71440.6678
324.212.1740.64210.90560.76880.58560.6617
424.52.4970.64820.90540.77880.58270.6612

: sensitivity; : specificity;: prevalence within the patients in the study.