Rating Models and Validation - Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Rating Models and Validation - Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Rating Models and Validation - Oesterreichische Nationalbank
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Chart 54: Depiction of a <strong>and</strong> b errors with Cutoff between <strong>Rating</strong> Classes 6 <strong>and</strong> 7<br />
ROC Curve<br />
One common way of depicting the discriminatory power of rating procedures is<br />
the ROC Curve, 80 which is constructed by plotting the cumulative frequencies<br />
of bad cases as points on the y axis <strong>and</strong> the cumulative frequencies of good cases<br />
along the x axis. Each section of the ROC curve corresponds to a rating class,<br />
beginning at the left with the worst class.<br />
80 Receiver Operating Characteristic.<br />
Chart 55: Shape of the ROC Curve for the Data Example<br />
<strong>Rating</strong> <strong>Models</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Validation</strong><br />
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