title: Statistics review 13: receiver operating characteristic curves.
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.
authors.affiliation: School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK. v.bewick@brighton.ac.uk
authors.forename: Viv
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bewick
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheek
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: D019540:Area Under Curve; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011336:Probability; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity