Regression analysis of group testing samples

This paper develops a general regression methodology that relates the group testing responses to individual covariate information. It can be used to s tudy samples from a group testing procedure and to deal with a wide range o f regression problems. A detailed illustration of the methodology is provid ed for a group testing procedure proposed by Gastwirth and Hammick. To demo nstrate the utility of the method, simulation studies are performed on an H IV antibody testing data set published by Nusbacher et al. Copyright (C) 20 01 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.