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information entity > graph > ROC curve

Preferred term

ROC curve  

Definition

  • In recognition experiments, curve crossing the cumulative proportion of correct recognition with the cumulative proportion of false alarms for the different levels of response criteria (most often, according to various subjective confidence levels of the subjects in their responses ).

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Synonym(s)

  • isomnemonic function
  • memory operating characteristics
  • MOC function
  • receiver operating characteristic curve
  • recognition receiver operating characteristic curve
  • ROC function

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Koen, J. D., Barrett, F. S., Harlow, I. M., & Yonelinas, A. P. (2017). The ROC Toolbox: A toolbox for analyzing receiver-operating characteristics derived from confidence ratings. Behavior Research Methods, 49(4), 1399–1406. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-016-0796-z

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Riesthuis, P., Otgaar, H., & Bücken, C. (2025). Ready to ROC? A tutorial on simulation-based power analyses for null hypothesis significance, minimum-effect, and equivalence testing for ROC curve analyses. Behavior Research Methods, 57(4), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-025-02646-x

    • Document type: tutorial

    • Access: open

  • • Yonelinas, A. P., & Parks, C. M. (2007). Receiver operating characteristics (ROCs) in recognition memory: A review. Psychological Bulletin, 133(5), 800-832. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.133.5.800

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

In other languages

  • courbe ROC

    French

  • courbe caractéristique de fonctionnement du récepteur
  • courbe caractéristique de la mémoire
  • fonction d’efficacité du récepteur
  • fonction isomnémonique
  • fonction MOC
  • fonction ROC
  • réponse conservatrice
  • réponse libérale

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-VQCR9NWW-H

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