Solution

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Choose a cutoff on the ranked score and call every eligible locus above it positive. Compare those calls with the fixed reference labels, count , and plot . Repeating over cutoffs generates the receiver operating characteristic.
A very restrictive cutoff starts near ; a cutoff calling everything positive ends at . The reference labels and eligible locus set must stay fixed during this sweep. Tied scores need a consistent treatment. A single cutoff gives one operating point, whereas the curve describes the trade-off across many possible cutoffs.

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