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AB - Plots of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve are ubiquitous in medical research. Designed to simultaneously display the operating characteristics at every pos- sible value of a continuous diagnostic test, ROC curves are used in oncology to evaluate screening, diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers. I reviewed a sample of ROC curve plots from the major oncology journals in order to assess current trends in usage and design elements. My review suggests that ROC curve plots are often ineffective as statis- tical charts and that poor design obscures the relevant information the chart is intended to display. I describe my new R package that was created to address the shortcomings of existing tools. The package has functions to create informative ROC curve plots, with sensible defaults and a simple interface, for use in print or as an interactive web-based plot. A web application was developed to reach a broader audience of scientists who do not use R. Keywords: ROC curves, graphics, interactive, plots. 1. Introduction 1.1. About ROC curves The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is used to assess the accuracy of a contin- uous measurement for predicting a binary outcome. In medicine, ROC curves have a long history of 
TI - plotROC: A Tool for Plotting ROC Curves
JF - Journal of Statistical Software
DO - 10.18637/jss.v079.c02
DA - 2017-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/plotroc-a-tool-for-plotting-roc-curves-esoErOnrzy
DP - DeepDyve
ER -