A distribution-free procedure for comparing receiver operating characteristic curves from a paired experiment

Biometrika

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 835-848

  Venkatraman, E S ^a   Begg, Colin B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Exchangeability; Paired samples; Permutation test; Receiver operating characteristic curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000924369     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/83.4.835     Document Type: Article

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