Realization of Meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) by using EmpowerStats software
TAO Yuan
LIU Jun-hua
HE Qian
YU Ya-yu
XU Yang-peng
ZHANG Chao
TIAN Guo-xiang
NIU Yu-ming
Abstract：Empower Stats software is a statistics software based on R language to realize data analysis. This software possesses the features of quickly accomplishing thinking of analysis, comprehensive function, intuitive data, powerful data preprocessing function and rapidly sharing the results. Without programming, R program can be used for data management, processing and analysis, and it is powerful and easy to operate, so the software is widely favored by scientific researchers. However, it doesn’t provide straightforward likelihood ratio of sensitivity and specificity in the Meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA). In the article, two modules of using EmpowerStats software to realize the Meta-analysis of DTA were systematically displayed with examples including random (mixed) effective model Meta-analysis and creating ROC curve according to sensitivity and specificity.
Keywords：EmpowerStats softwareDiagnostic test accuracyMeta-analysis
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 907-910 )