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Use of areas under the receiver operating curve (AROCs) and some caveats

Authors: B. Kowall, W. Rathmann, K. Strassburger

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 3/2013

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Assessment of diagnostic and prognostic scores is an important public health issue, and is needed to validate the performance of scores, to find out which of several scores does best, or to assess whether a given score improves after inclusion of additional variables. To make this decision, areas under the receiver operating curves (AROCs), sometimes called c-values, are widely used. …

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Title: Use of areas under the receiver operating curve (AROCs) and some caveats
Authors: B. Kowall
W. Rathmann
K. Strassburger
Publication date: 01-06-2013
Publisher: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-012-0401-x

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