A note on ROC analysis and non-parametric estimate of sensitivity

Psychometrika

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 203-212

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Mueller, Shane T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A ; Likelihood ratio; Non parametric estimate of sensitivity; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244435530     PISSN: 00333123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11336-003-1119-8     Document Type: Article

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