Example sentences for: roc

How can you use “roc” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The ROC procedure examines every predictor variable and their associated cutpoints and identifies the variables with the optimal balance between sensitivity and specificity for identifying those particular patients with the specific outcome of interest (namely, presence of behavioral problems).

  • Therefore, for evaluating cancer biomarkers, we are only interested in the leftmost sliver of the ROC curve in Figure 1.

  • The first and only variable and cut-point isolated by the ROC analysis was performance on the MMSE (chi-square= 4.37, p < .05, cutpoint = 27).

  • A plot of the FPR and TPR for each region would lead to a cloud of points, rather than the smooth curve in Figure 1. To create the best ROC curve, one should select those points that are highest and farthest to the left, which is generally all that would need to be presented and only for small false positive rates.

  • There were no statistically significant differences in the correct prediction of outcome, Youden index or area under the ROC curve among APACHE II, MEES and GCS for hospital mortality.


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