ROCpsych

MaRDI QIDQ135542CRANFDO

Authors Shenghai Dai, Olasunkanmi J. Kehinde, Maureen Schmitter-edgecombe, Brian F. French, Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe

Last update 16 May 2025

Copyright license GNU General Public License, version 2.0, GNU General Public License, version 3.0

Software version identifier 1.3, PACKAGES.rds, 1.4

Description

Functions for (1) computing diagnostic test statistics (sensitivity, specificity, etc.) from confusion matrices with adjustment for various base rates or known prevalence based on McCaffrey et al (2003) <doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0079-7_1>, (2) computing optimal cut-off scores with different criteria including maximizing sensitivity, maximizing specificity, and maximizing the Youden Index from Youden (1950) <doi:10.1002/1097-0142(1950)3:1%3C32::AID-CNCR2820030106%3E3.0.CO;2-3>, and (3) displaying and comparing classification statistics and area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves or area under the curves (AUC) across consecutive categories for ordinal variables.

Cites work

• A Brief Overview of Base Rates
• Index for rating diagnostic tests

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