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area under the curve
area under the curve Area under the curve (AUC) is a summary number from a receiver operating characteristic curve that shows how well a test can distinguish between positive and negative cases.
Area under the curve (AUC) is a summary number from a receiver operating characteristic curve that shows how well a test can distinguish between positive and negative cases. It can be understood as the chance that a randomly chosen positive case will have a higher test result than a randomly chosen negative case.