Journal article
Properties of the summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve for diagnostic test data
Abstract
The summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) curve has been recommended to represent the performance of a diagnostic test, based on data from a meta-analysis. However, little is known about the basic properties of the SROC curve or its estimate. In this paper, the position of the SROC curve is characterized in terms of the overall diagnostic odds ratio and the magnitude of inter-study heterogeneity in the odds ratio. The area under the …
Authors
Walter SD
Journal
Statistics in Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 9, pp. 1237–1256
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 15, 2002
DOI
10.1002/sim.1099
ISSN
0277-6715