Santos, RuiMartins, João PauloFelgueiras, Miguel2026-01-272026-01-272015-01Santos, R., Martins, J.P., Felgueiras, M. (2015). Discrete Compound Tests and Dorfman’s Methodology in the Presence of Misclassification. In: Kitsos, C., Oliveira, T., Rigas, A., Gulati, S. (eds) Theory and Practice of Risk Assessment. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 136. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18029-8_7978331918028197833191802982194-10092194-1017http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/15521Conference name 5th International Conference on Risk Analysis, ICRA5 2013, Tomar, 30 May 2013 - 1 June 2013.Compound tests can be used to save resources for classification or estimation purposes in clinical trials and quality control. Nevertheless, the methodologies that are usually applied are restricted to qualitative group tests. Moreover, when quantitative compound tests are applied the problem is to ascertain whether the amount of some substance of any individual in the group is greater or lower than a prefixed threshold. An overview of the applications of the discrete compound tests highlights the advantages (to save resources) and disadvantages (higher probability of misclassification), and suggests criteria to assess the suitability of applying Dorfman’s methodology.engCompound testsMisclassificationQuality measureSimulationbook part10.1007/978-3-319-18029-8_7