gallon li wrote:
I know how to compute the ROC curve and the empirical AUC from the logistic
regression after fitting the model.
But here is my question, how can I compute the standard error for the AUC
estimator resulting form logistic regression? The variance should be more
complicated than AUC based on known test results. Does anybody know a
reference on this problem?
The rcorr.cens function in the Hmisc package will compute the std. error
of Somers' Dxy rank correlation. Dxy = 2*(C-.5) where C is the ROC
area. This standard error does not include a variance component for the
uncertainty in the model (e.g., it does not penalize for the estimation
of the regression coefficients if you are estimating the coefficients
and assessing ROC area on the same sample).
The lrm function in the Design package fits binary and ordinal logistic
regression models and reports C, Dxy, and other measures.
I haven't seen an example where drawing the ROC curve provides useful
information that leads to correct actions.
Frank
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Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
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