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Assessing screening tests: extensions of McNemar's test

P A Lachenbruch1, C J Lynch

  • 1FDA, CBER HFM-215, Rockville, MD 20852-1448, USA.

Statistics in Medicine
|November 5, 1998
PubMed
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This study introduces an extended McNemar

Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Medical Diagnostics
  • Clinical Trials

Background:

  • Comparing new screening tests to existing ones is crucial in healthcare.
  • A gold standard for disease diagnosis is often unavailable, complicating test comparison.
  • Traditional McNemar's test assesses differences but not necessarily equivalence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop statistical methods for comparing new screening tests against existing ones without a gold standard.
  • To propose a method for assessing the equivalence of positive response rates between two tests.
  • To provide a framework for evaluating test agreement and comparing sensitivity and specificity when a gold standard is available.

Main Methods:

  • An extension of McNemar's test is proposed to assess the equivalence of positive response rates.

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  • A confidence interval for the ratio of marginal probabilities is used to quantify test agreement.
  • A two-tailed binomial test is suggested for verifying high agreement between tests.
  • A 2 degrees-of-freedom chi-square test is presented for comparing sensitivity and specificity with a gold standard.

    • Main Results:

    • The proposed extension of McNemar's test allows for the assertion of equivalence in positive response rates.
    • Confidence intervals provide a measure of the magnitude of difference between tests.
    • The binomial test confirms substantial agreement between screening tests.
    • The chi-square test effectively compares the performance of two tests when a gold standard exists.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed statistical methods offer robust approaches for comparing screening tests, even without a gold standard.
    • Equivalence testing provides a more nuanced assessment than simply detecting differences between tests.
    • These methods enhance the evaluation of diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility of new screening tools.