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Graphical assessment of tests and classifiers

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Fig. 1: Enzyme level profiles for healthy and diseased cells.
Fig. 2: The ROC and PR curves for a logistic regression classifier of normal and diseased state using enzyme A level.
Fig. 3: The ROC and PR curves for a logistic regression classifier of normal and diseased state using one or both enzyme levels.

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Altman, N., Krzywinski, M. Graphical assessment of tests and classifiers. Nat Methods 18, 840–842 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01232-1

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