Journal of advanced nursing
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Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) is a method of assessing the sensitivity and specificity of a classification at a variety of thresholds. It allows a quantitative comparison of several classifiers. It was used in this study to compare doctors and nurses with respect to their ability to diagnose X-rays. ⋯ The interpretations of doctors and nurse practitioners were compared with the gold standard of the consultant radiologist. No significant differences were seen between the two groups. This study is based on work done for a master's thesis by one of the authors (Overton) supervised by the other author.