ROC Curves and the Areas under Them for Dichotomized Tests: Empirical Findings for Logistically and Normally Distributed Diagnostic Test Results

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 374-381

  Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a   Straatman, Huub ^a   Verbeek, Andre L m ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acute myocardial infarction; colorectal carcinoma; diagnosis; ROC curves; sensitivity; specificity; test assessment; verification bias

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST;

BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; IRON; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0027959393     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9401400408     Document Type: Article

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