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- From: charlie@umnstat.stat.umn.edu (Charles Geyer)
- Subject: Re: ROC?
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- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:53:03 GMT
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- In article <BzGupn.22x@news.concord.wvnet.edu> dan@krider.concord.wvnet.edu (Dan Krider) writes:
- >Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves are a part of decision
- >theory and are used in medical science. Can anyone tell me why it is
- >called this (ROC)?
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- Comes from electrical engineering I believe. "receiver" means a radio
- reciever. I'm not sure exactly what is plotted against what, but the
- point is the same. If you turn up the sensitivity, you amplify the noise.
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- Charles Geyer
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