Nature

Estimation of haplotype associated with several quantitative phenotypes based on maximization of area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve

An algorithm for estimating haplotypes associated with several quantitative phenotypes is proposed. The concept of a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was introduced, and a linear ...
Nature

Receiver operating characteristic analysis of body mass index to detect increased risk of functional morbidity in Vietnamese rural adults

Objective: To assess the performance of low BMI, and define optimal BMI cut-off values in order to detect fever-associated adult morbidity. Design: A cohort study of adults between 18 and 60 y in ...
Institute of Development Studies

Poverty Monitoring and Targeting Using ROC Curves: Examples From Vietnam

This paper suggests a low cost methodology for identifying and assessing the accuracy of poverty monitoring and targeting indicators. It proposes that the non-parametric technique of Receiver ...
JSTOR Daily

Semiparametric Inference for a Quantile Comparison Function with Applications to Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In studies to compare two samples, more information may be available on one treatment than the other. When one population is modelled ...