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spectrum bias: a standalone construct

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Clinical epidemiology

distortion of a diagnostic test's accuracy when it is evaluated in patients who are sicker or healthier than those it will be used on.

In clinical epidemiology, spectrum bias refers to distortion of a diagnostic test's accuracy when it is evaluated in patients who are sicker or healthier than those it will be used on. This meaning comes from Ransohoff (1978) in New England Journal of Medicine.[1]

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References

  1. Ransohoff, D. F., & Feinstein, A. R. (1978). Problems of Spectrum and Bias in Evaluating the Efficacy of Diagnostic Tests. New England Journal of Medicine, 299(17), 926-930. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197810262991705

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