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nogoldstandard Small Sample Data

Source: R/data_nogoldstandard_docs.R
nogoldstandard_small.Rd

Small dataset with only 30 patients for testing performance with limited sample sizes. Two tests with good characteristics.

Usage

nogoldstandard_small

Format

A data frame with 30 rows and 3 variables:

patient_id

Character: Patient identifier (PT001-PT030)

Test1

Factor: First test ("Negative", "Positive"), Sens=0.85, Spec=0.85

Test2

Factor: Second test ("Negative", "Positive"), Sens=0.80, Spec=0.88

age

Numeric: Patient age in years (mean 55, SD 10)

Source

Generated test data for ClinicoPath package

Details

Simulated with 30% prevalence. Small sample (n=30) tests stability of estimation and convergence with limited data.

Examples

data(nogoldstandard_small)
nogoldstandard(data = nogoldstandard_small,
               test1 = "Test1", test1Positive = "Positive",
               test2 = "Test2", test2Positive = "Positive",
               test3Positive = "", test4Positive = "",
               test5Positive = "")
#> Error: Latent Class Analysis requires at least 3 tests to be statistically identifiable. Please add more tests or select a different method (e.g., Composite Reference).