Terms Related to ROC Analysis

• Specificity

  Measures for assessing the results of diagnostic and screening tests. Sensitivity represents the proportion of truly diseased persons in a screened population who are identified ...

• False Positive Reaction

  Positive test results in subjects who do not possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. The labeling of healthy persons as diseased when ...

• False Negative Reaction

  Negative test results in subjects who possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. The labeling of diseased persons as healthy when screening in ...

• Bayesian Analysis

  A theorem in probability theory named for Thomas Bayes (1702-1761). In epidemiology, it is used to obtain the probability of disease in a group of ...