Evaluating whether a binary decision rule operates better than chance

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-31

  Parker, Robert A ^a,b   Davis, Roger B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Receiver operating characteristic curve; ROC; Sensitivity; Specificity; Youden's misclassification index

Indexed keywords

BINARY DECISION RULES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; EXACT CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIFICITY; YOUDEN MISCLASSIFICATION INDEX;

EID: 0033478090     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4036(199903)41:1<25::aid-bimj25>3.3.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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