PEER Liberia Project
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Publication Date
2019-08-14
Document Type
Presentation
Disciplines
Clinical Epidemiology | Diagnosis | Family Medicine | Infectious Disease | Medical Education
Abstract
This presentation provides an overview of lab values in research from a clinical research perspective. Presentation goals include: Discuss sensitivity and specificity; Discuss predictive value; Reviews Type I and Type II error; Consider reliability and validity.
Keywords
lab tests, values, sensitivity and specificity, predictive value, error, reliability, validity
Rights and Permissions
Copyright 2019 The Author
Journal/Book/Conference Title
PEER Liberia Research Training Workshop III
Repository Citation
Hatch, Steven C., "Lab Values in Research: an Introduction" (2019). PEER Liberia Project. 23.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/liberia_peer/23
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Clinical Epidemiology Commons, Diagnosis Commons, Family Medicine Commons, Infectious Disease Commons, Medical Education Commons
Comments
Presented at the PEER Liberia Research Training Workshop III, August 12-15, 2019, JFK Medical Center, Monrovia, Liberia.