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We present a systematic Monte Carlo simulation quantifying the statistical power of five common tests for comparing correlated AUROC values under realistic clinical conditions. Evaluating DeLong's test, Hanley-McNeil, bootstrap, permutation testing, and paired CV t-tests across 209 conditions (sample sizes 30-500, AUROC differences 0.

Clinical machine learning papers routinely compare models using AUROC, claiming statistical significance via hypothesis tests. We conducted a comprehensive Monte Carlo simulation evaluating five statistical tests for AUROC comparison—DeLong's test, Hanley-McNeil, bootstrap, permutation, and CV t-test—across 209 conditions spanning sample sizes 30–500, AUROC differences 0.