Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for medical researchers

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 277-287

  Kumar, Rajeev ^a   Indrayan, Abhaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Optimal cut off point; Partial area under the curve; Receiver operating characteristic curve; Sample size; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 79958084913     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0055-4     Document Type: Review

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