• Med Decis Making · Oct 2000

    Comparative Study

    Determining the area under the ROC curve for a binary diagnostic test.

    • S B Cantor and M W Kattan.
    • The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Health Services Research, Houston 77030-4095, USA. sbcantor@mdanderson.org
    • Med Decis Making. 2000 Oct 1; 20 (4): 468-70.

    AbstractThe authors provide a simple calculation for the unbiased estimation of the area under the ROC curve for a binary diagnostic test or a continuously valued test result that is effectively used in a binary way. The formula described can be used to interpret the discriminative ability of a diagnostic test.

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