{"title":"Uncertainties in ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) Curves Derived from Counting Data","authors":"M. P. Fewell","doi":"arxiv-2406.11396","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The ROC (receiver operating characteristic) curve is a widely used device for\nassessing decision-making systems. It seems surprising, in view of its history\ndating back to World War Two, that the assignment of uncertainties to a ROC\ncurve is apparently not settled. This note returns to the question, focusing on\nthe application of ROC curves to the analysis of data from counting experiments\nand taking a practical operational approach to the concept of uncertainty.","PeriodicalId":501065,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"arXiv - PHYS - Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2406.11396","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The ROC (receiver operating characteristic) curve is a widely used device for
assessing decision-making systems. It seems surprising, in view of its history
dating back to World War Two, that the assignment of uncertainties to a ROC
curve is apparently not settled. This note returns to the question, focusing on
the application of ROC curves to the analysis of data from counting experiments
and taking a practical operational approach to the concept of uncertainty.