Symposium on Measuring the Accuracy of Prediction Models, September 29th.

["Kattan, Michael" <kattanm@ccf.org>]

Measuring the Accuracy of Prediction Models: An International Symposium

 

September 29, 2008

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

 

Cleveland Clinic

InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center Cleveland, Ohio

 

Sponsored by:

Cleveland Clinic Department of Quantitative Health Sciences With generous support from the Page Foundation ________________________________________

 

Join us for this one day symposium of interaction between speakers and audience.

 

*  Debate on the myriad of choices regarding prediction accuracy measures.

*  Learn more about what accuracy measures should be used to compare rival

   prediction models when applied to a new dataset.

*  Decide which tool is superior or whether any should be used.

*  Leave with a strong preference for a particular approach and an ability to defend it.

 

Outstanding Expert Faculty:

Moderator: Nancy Obuchowski, PhD, Cleveland Clinic

 

Confirmed Presenters: (others may be added)

Michael Kattan, PhD, Cleveland Clinic

Mithat Gonen, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Thomas Gerds, PhD, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen

Nancy Cook, ScD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Michael Pencina, PhD, Boston University

Andrew Vickers, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Ewout Steyerberg, PhD, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

 

Critical Discussion Topics:

The Concordance Index

The Brier Score

FROC, IDI and NRI

Reclassification and Calibration

Decision Curve Analysis

Interrelationships Among the Various Measures

 

Who Should Attend:

Biostatisticians

Outcomes Researchers

Clinicians who use prediction tools and risk calculators Industry executives whose business depends on identifying high risk patients

 

To Register Now Click Here

For More Information please visit http://www.bio.ri.ccf.org/html/symposium.html

or call 216.932.3448

 

 

 

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Michael W. Kattan, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Chairman, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences,

Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid / JJN3-01  Cleveland, OH  44195

www.ccf.org/qhs 216.444.0584 Fax:216.539.4731 kattanm@ccf.org

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