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ROC analysis
(redirected from Receiver operating characteristic)

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ROC analysis
Clinical decision-making The analysis of the relationship between the true positive fraction of test results and the false positive fraction for a diagnostic procedure that can take on multiple values. See 4-cell decision matrix. Cf Likelihood ratio.


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The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was used to test the accuracy of continuously coded and categorized predictors.
[FIGURE 2 OMITTED] Furthermore, we evaluated the ability of FS1 to discriminate 3 groups of hypnotizability by means of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.
95 Hardcover Monographs on statistics and applied probability; 111 QA279 Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves first appeared during World War II as a statistical technique for analyzing radar signals, was retooled during the 1950s, and is now ubiquitous in a wide variety of fields.
 
 
 
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