[MINI] Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Curve

Data Skeptic

Episode | Podcast

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:00:00 +0000

<p>An ROC curve is a plot that compares the trade off of true positives and false positives of a binary classifier under different thresholds. The area under the curve (AUC) is useful in determining how discriminating a model is. Together, ROC and AUC are very useful diagnostics for understanding the power of one's model and how to tune it.</p>