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Latent Class Log-Linear Models for Estimating Diagnostic Test Accuracy Without a Gold Standard: A Simulation Study.

Yasin Okkaoglu1, Nicky J Welton1, A E Ades1

  • 1Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Statistics in Medicine
|July 6, 2026
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Summary

Latent class log-linear models can estimate test accuracy, especially when conditional dependence is known. Shrinkage priors show promise for within-disease dependencies but face convergence challenges with complex structures.

Keywords:
Bayesianconditional dependencediagnostic accuracylatent classlog‐linearshrinkage priors

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Area of Science:

  • Statistical modeling
  • Biostatistics
  • Diagnostic test evaluation

Background:

  • Latent class models estimate test accuracy without a gold standard.
  • Fixed-effect and latent trait models address test dependencies but are complex.
  • Latent class log-linear models are an under-evaluated alternative for test accuracy estimation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Evaluate Bayesian two-class log-linear models for estimating sensitivity, specificity, and prevalence.
  • Assess model performance under various conditional dependence structures.
  • Investigate shrinkage priors for unknown dependence structures in test accuracy studies.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated data from latent trait, fixed-effect, and log-linear models.
  • Fitted conditional independence, log-linear models with correct pairwise interactions, and log-linear models with shrinkage priors.
  • Evaluated bias, coverage, residual deviance, and DIC.

Main Results:

  • Log-linear models with correct dependencies showed promising, variable performance.
  • Substantial improvements were observed compared to conditional independence models.
  • Shrinkage priors performed reasonably for single-disease dependencies but struggled with complex structures.

Conclusions:

  • Latent class log-linear models are robust for estimating accuracy when dependence structures are known.
  • Shrinkage priors are promising for within-disease dependencies but have convergence issues with complex structures.
  • Further research is needed to address convergence challenges with shrinkage priors.