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BACALLAO GALLESTEY, Jorge. Las curvas ROC y las medidas de detectabilidad para la validación de predictores del rendimiento docente. Educ Med Super [online]. 1996, vol.10, n.1, pp. 1-2. ISSN 0864-2141.

The well-know ROC curves (relative operating characteristic) and their associated detectability measures, are introdced for the validation of several predictors of the academic achievement. Emphasis is made on the advantages of this instrument over other know classic measures, as sensitivity and specificity, to compare the effectiveness of several variables with prognostic purposes. Several results related with the foundation, interpretation and expressions for calculating the different detectability measures, are exposed, and the application of these measures is illustrated, to show the advantages of the academic index over the orthography tests in the prognostic of the educational achievement in the superior medical education.

Palavras-chave : ACHIEVEMENT; ROC CURVES.