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In [[statistics]], the '''receiver operating characteristic curve''', also called ROC curve, is a "graphic means for assessing the ability of a screening test to discriminate between healthy and diseased persons; may also be used in other studies, e.g., distinguishing stimuli responses as to a faint stimuli or nonstimuli."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
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{{Image|Journal.pmed.1000047.g006.gif|right|350px|ROC curves for the distinction between radicular  and axial [[lumbalgia|LBP]] based on StEP. The difference in area under the solid curve compared to the dashed curve is the value of adding the [[straight leg raise]] test to the StEP test.}}
In [[statistics]] and [[diagnostic test]]s, the '''receiver operating characteristic curve''', also called '''ROC curve''', is a "graphic means for assessing the ability of a screening test to discriminate between healthy and diseased persons; may also be used in other studies, e.g., distinguishing stimuli responses as to a faint stimuli or nonstimuli."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
 
==Area under the ROC curve==
The area under the ROC curve, called the AUC, AROC, c statistic, or c-index may measure discriminatory ability of a test of model. The c-index varies from 0 to 1 and a result of 0.5 indicates that the diagnostic test does not add to guessing.<ref name="pmid7063747">{{cite journal |author=Hanley JA, McNeil BJ |title=The meaning and use of the area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve |journal=Radiology |volume=143 |issue=1 |pages=29–36 |year=1982 |month=April |pmid=7063747 |doi= |url=http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=7063747 |issn=}}</ref> If the diagnostic test gives ratings that are continuous, the AUC is the same as the Wilcoxon test of ranks (also called the [[Mann–Whitney U]] test).<ref name="pmid7063747"/> Accordingly, the AROC is the probability that the diagnostic test will correctly order the likelihood of disease among two patients randomly selected from a test population.
 
Variations have been proposed.<ref name="pmid15900606">{{cite journal |author=Walter SD |title=The partial area under the summary ROC curve |journal=Stat Med |volume=24 |issue=13 |pages=2025–40 |year=2005 |month=July |pmid=15900606 |doi=10.1002/sim.2103 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.2103 |issn=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18687288">{{cite journal |author=Bangdiwala SI, Haedo AS, Natal ML, Villaveces A |title=The agreement chart as an alternative to the receiver-operating characteristic curve for diagnostic tests |journal=J Clin Epidemiol |volume=61 |issue=9 |pages=866–74 |year=2008 |month=September |pmid=18687288 |doi=10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.04.002 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0895-4356(08)00120-0 |issn=}}</ref>


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ROC curves for the distinction between radicular and axial LBP based on StEP. The difference in area under the solid curve compared to the dashed curve is the value of adding the straight leg raise test to the StEP test.

In statistics and diagnostic tests, the receiver operating characteristic curve, also called ROC curve, is a "graphic means for assessing the ability of a screening test to discriminate between healthy and diseased persons; may also be used in other studies, e.g., distinguishing stimuli responses as to a faint stimuli or nonstimuli."[1]

Area under the ROC curve

The area under the ROC curve, called the AUC, AROC, c statistic, or c-index may measure discriminatory ability of a test of model. The c-index varies from 0 to 1 and a result of 0.5 indicates that the diagnostic test does not add to guessing.[2] If the diagnostic test gives ratings that are continuous, the AUC is the same as the Wilcoxon test of ranks (also called the Mann–Whitney U test).[2] Accordingly, the AROC is the probability that the diagnostic test will correctly order the likelihood of disease among two patients randomly selected from a test population.

Variations have been proposed.[3][4]

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