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Statistics Review 13: Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves

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Journal Crit Care
Specialty Critical Care
Date 2004 Nov 30
PMID 15566624
Citations 251
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Abstract

This review introduces some commonly used methods for assessing the performance of a diagnostic test. The sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratio of a test are discussed. The uses of the receiver operating characteristic curve and the area under the curve are explained.

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