Threshold-free Measure for Assessing the Performance of Medical Screening Tests

• Váldodahkkit: Yan eYuan (Dahkki), Wanhua eSu (Dahkki), Mu eZhu (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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Background: The area under the receiver operating curve (AUC) is frequently used as a performance measure for medical tests. It is a threshold-free measure that is independent of the disease prevalence rate. We evaluate the utility of the AUC against an alternate measure called the average positive...