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... > medicine > clinical medicine > medical decision making > biostatistics and clinical epidemiology > receiver operating characteristic curve

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receiver operating characteristic curve

Definition

In practice, the outcomes of diagnostic tests are mostly interpreted and operationalized as binary—that is, as positive or negative—for the presence of a target condition. However, the actual outcome of a test is rarely a binary one. [Source: Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making; Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve]

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