Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease
The case asks students to develop a method for identifying individuals at risk of having chronic kidney disease. A 6,000-subject training set containing 34 potential predictor variables is provided along with a 2,819 subject validation set the instructor uses to evaluate student predictions. The case is based on an actual study which resulted in a simple nine-question survey that health professionals use to help patients decide whether to be tested for chronic kidney disease.
Collection: Darden University of Virginia (USA)
Ref: DARDEN-QA-0704-E
Format: PDF
Number of pages: 7
Publication Date: Nov 7, 2007
Language: English
Review date: Mar 21, 2013
What material is included in this case:
Description
The case asks students to develop a method for identifying individuals at risk of having chronic kidney disease. A 6,000-subject training set containing 34 potential predictor variables is provided along with a 2,819 subject validation set the instructor uses to evaluate student predictions. The case is based on an actual study which resulted in a simple nine-question survey that health professionals use to help patients decide whether to be tested for chronic kidney disease.
Read more
Industry Setting: Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology/Health Care
Leave your rating
"Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease"
Register for free with IESE Publishing and enjoy all the advantages
What type of account do you want to create?
Choose account type
Professors
Academic Institutions
Companies
Individuals