Comparing effect sizes in follow-up studies: ROC area, Cohen's d, and r

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 615-620

  Rice, Marnie E ^a,b   Harris, Grant T ^a  

^a Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

^b Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effect size; Predictive accuracy; Risk assessment; ROC area

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING; HUMAN; ROC CURVE;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33644836485     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-005-6832-7     Document Type: Article

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