confusionStatistics {bootLR}

R Documentation

Compute sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio for a single 2x2 table

Description

Compute sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio, negative likelihood ratio for a single 2x2 table

Usage

confusionStatistics(truePos, totalDzPos, trueNeg, totalDzNeg)

Arguments

truePos	The number of true positive tests.
totalDzPos	The total number of positives ("sick") in the population.
trueNeg	The number of true negatives in the population.
totalDzNeg	The total number of negatives ("well") in the population.

Value

A one-row matrix containing sensitivity, specificity, posLR, negLR results.

References

Deeks JJ, Altman DG. BMJ. 2004 July 17; 329(7458): 168-169.

Examples

## Not run: 
confusionStatistics( 25, 50, 45, 75 )

## End(Not run)

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