Commentary: To classify means to choose a threshold.

Lyu, Jiangnan; Ishwaran, Hemant · J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · 2023

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

Classification requires a threshold; however, methods like C-statistic and AUC obfuscate this. Luckily, there is a sensible strategy for imbalanced data thresholding.