Determining assessment performance in Applied Statistics with ROC analysis

  1. Oliver Germes, Amparo
  2. Vivo Molina, Juana María
  3. Galiana Llinares, Laura
  4. Sancho Requena, Patricia
Revista:
Anuario de psicología

ISSN: 0066-5126

Año de publicación: 2013

Volumen: 43

Número: 3

Páginas: 363-379

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Anuario de psicología

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