Abstract
Consider the situation in which we would like to determine whether some object has a certain property. For example, the object might be a chemical and the unknown property might be the potential carcinogenicity of the chemical. Suppose, further, that we have a set of tests that we can use to help us determine whether the property is present in the object. In Chapter 3 we discussed several analyses for computing the performances of the tests and the interdependencies between the pairs of tests, and in Chapter 4 we discussed how one can select the “best” battery of tests to use for a particular application. In this chapter, it is assumed that we have chosen a battery to use, we have applied this battery on the object, and now we must interpret the results of this battery.
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Pet-Edwards, J., 1986, “Selection and interpretation of conditionally dependent tests for binary predictions: A Bayesian approach,” Ph.D. dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Pet-Edwards, J., Haimes, Y.Y., Chankong, V., Rosenkranz, H.S., Ennever, F.K. (1989). Risk Assessment Using Test Results. In: Risk Assessment and Decision Making Using Test Results. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5595-3_5
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