Dear colleagues, To perform a meta-analysis of diagnostic test data I'm using the program Meta-Test version 0.6 from Joseph Lau.
The program has a short instructions document were the author explain that to calculate the 95% CI for SEN and ESP for individual studies they used the Diamond's formula. Seeking at the references,in that document, I found that one: Diamond GA. Limited assurance. Am J Cardiol 1989; 63:99-100. (Approximation of 95% for proportions). I'll read the article and I'll tell you more if is of your interest. Have you ever used META-TEST program? It's a MSDOS program to perform meta-analysis of diagnostic test data. Thanks, Cristian Tebe (Estad�stic/ Statistician) Ag�ncia d'Avaluaci� de Tecnologia i Recerca M�diques (AATRM) Catalan Agency for Health Technology and Research e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: <http://www.aatrm.net/> . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
