Nonparametric statistical inference method for partial areas under receiver operating characteristic curves, with application to genomic studies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 5291-5308

  He, Yaohua ^a   Escobar, Michael ^b  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genomic study; Nonparametric method; Partial area; ROC curves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENOMICS; MOUSE; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; GENOMICS; MICE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 60249087107     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3335     Document Type: Article

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