Monthly Archives: April 2008

Visualising ROC and Cost Curve Duality

Discussion of the point-line duality between Drummond and Holte’s cost curves and ROC curves. An applet is provided to help visualise this relationship.

The Earth Is Round (p < 0.05)

I love finding old essays on statistics. The philosophical and methodological wars that rage within that discipline make for fun reading. Particularly enjoyable are those essays - inevitably written by older, well-respected researchers - who make a strong point with beautiful rhetorical flourish and no small amount of barbed humour.

The title of a journal article [...]