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Linard Hoessly1, Matthew Parry2
1Data Center of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study, University Hospital Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland.
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Probabilistic clinical prediction models play a critical role by informing healthcare professionals both in diagnosis and prognosis. To assess the qualities of a probabilistic prediction model, performance evaluation measures are used. We explain the kinds of measures that are usually considered and focus on the interpretation for some typical measures in the case of a binary outcome.
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