A Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC)curve Is a Plot Of

question 11

Multiple Choice

A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is a plot of:

• A) systematic error against random error.
• B) tumor marker decision levels versus upper limit of reference intervals.
• C) true positives versus false positives.
• D) specificity of one method against the specificity of another method.

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Definitions:

Marginal Revenue Product

The additional revenue generated from employing one more unit of a resource, used to make employment decisions.

Purely Competitive

A market structure characterized by an infinite number of buyers and sellers, products that are identical, and no control over the market price by individual firms.

Marginal Product

Represents the additional output that can be produced by adding one more unit of a specific input, keeping other inputs constant.

Productivity

A measure of the efficiency of production, often quantified as the ratio of outputs (goods and services) produced per input used (such as labor, materials, and capital).