title: An Excel program for calculating and plotting receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves, histograms and descriptive statistics.
abstract: Receiver-operator characteristic (ROC) curves have been used increasingly to assess the performance of clinical laboratory tests and to determine suitable positive/negative threshold values. The Microsoft Excel 4.0 program Plot.ROC was designed to provide formatted, publication quality output with minimal user involvement. It asks for a few parameters at the beginning and then runs autonomously, creating ROC charts, histograms and descriptive statistics for each test chosen, and a cumulative ROC chart to compare tests. Output can easily be formatted further using Excel's graphics and text formatting capabilities.
authors.affiliation: Navix Inc., Lincoln Technology Park, Camarillo, CA 93012.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Görög
mesh_terms: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D012372:ROC Curve; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor