19 Comparing tests for malaria

“There are more people dying of malaria than any specific cancer.”

— Bill Gates

Background The data come from an investigation of a new magneto-optical method, ROMD, of testing for malaria. It could offer a swifter and cheaper approach than three other tests (PCR, RDT, LM).

Questions Do the results of the four tests agree? On which cases do they differ?

Sources Arndt et al. (2021)

Structure A dataset of 956 observations and 24 variables