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Brent B Meserve   (30 March 2006)

SROC 30 March 2006
Brent B Meserve, Graduate student, SPT Franklin Pierce College Send rapid response to journal: Re: SROC meservebrent{at}adelphia.net Brent B Meserve	I was hoping the authors could comment on how the equation for SROC is specifically used. In other words, is each sensitivity value from each study in the meta-analysis entered into the logarithmic equation to generate a false positive value? Are these values then graphed like a traditional ROC? Is the curve smooth with this approach? Thank you, Brent Meserve SPT