The index of prediction accuracy: an intuitive measure useful for evaluating risk prediction models

Abstract Background Many measures of prediction accuracy have been developed. However, the most popular ones in typical medical outcome prediction settings require additional investigation of calibration. Methods We show how rescaling the Brier score produces a measure that combines discrimination a...

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Main Authors: Michael W. Kattan, Thomas A. Gerds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Diagnostic and Prognostic Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41512-018-0029-2