I do know that in epidemiology and medical science the purpose is to find out how "sensitive" the test is . This ia what I think of when talking sensitivity analysis. Further info can be obtained from P Armitage & G Berry, "Statistical Methods in Medical Research", Blackwell Scientific Publications. Judy Conn
> -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Ulrich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 9:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Sensitivity Analysis > > On 31 Jan 2002 10:06:36 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Christopher J. Mecklin) wrote: > > > I had a colleague (a biologist) ask me about sensitivity analysis. I am > > > not familiar with the technique (above and beyond knowing that the > > technique exists). What books/articles/websites/etc. would be good > sources > > for my colleague to learn about sensitivity analysis. Since he's a > > biologist and not a statistician, I'm assuming he would prefer a > treatment > > geared towards application rather than theory. > > I have not seen any reply to this. I suspect that there might be > too many options that refer to 'sensitivity' and none of us > are sure what you are interested in, precisely. > > What's another keyword? I pair specificity with sensitivity; but > I don't refer to 'sensitivity analysis', I say 'discriminability.' > Your question -- and my background thoughts of 1000-generation, > simulation analyses in genetic model ling -- makes me think of > something I saw years ago, called 'perturbation analyses'. > > Try Google, or try us again with additional detail. > > Hope this helps. > -- > Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html > > > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ > ================================================================= ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
