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Definition
: 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.
Other names
Receiver Operating Characteristic; ROC Analysis; Receiver Operating Characteristics; ROC Curves; ROC Analyses; Curves, ROC; Characteristics, Receiver Operating; Curve, ROC; Characteristic, Receiver Operating; Analyses, ROC; Analysis, ROC