ROCTools Characteristics

Accurate, Helpful and User Friendly !

General ROC Analysis Execution Order ROCTools

  • Draws one or more ROC curves on the same graph
  • Automatically provides the best critical point value (threshold), which maximizes sensitivity and specificity
  • Interactively varies the critical point (threshold) on a ROC curve in order to obtain associated sensitivity and specificity values
  • Calculates the value of the area under the curve, its standard error and a 95% confidence interval
  • A statistical test verifies if there is a significant difference between the area under the curve and the 0,5 value (non informative line)

ROC Curve Comparison

  • Compares two independent ROC curves (independent samples) using the Hanley and McNeil (1982) method and the variance estimator suggested by Bamber (1975)
  • Compares two or several dependent ROC curves (same sample) using the Delong, Delong and Clarke-Pearson (1988) method
  • If the global test for comparison of several dependent ROC curves is significant, ROCTools automatically calculates all the pairwise comparisons (post-hoc) in order to quickly identify where the differences are


Graph Production

  • Draws several ROC curves on the same graph
  • Interactive dot identification on the ROC curves
  • Clustered bar chart of the distribution of diagnostic test values
  • Graph exportation in JPEG format  and
  • ROC curves coordinates exportation to other software

User Friendly

  • A direct and simple reading of Microsoft Excel data. Standard statistical software such as SAS and SPSS allow easy exportation of data in Excel format
  • "Windows" interface with a simple and easy to use scroll-down menu
  • Easy printing of results and graphs
  • With a simple click, quickly obtain all results (area under the curve, standard error, confidence interval, etc) separated by independent samples

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