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Table 1 Summary of sensitivities and false positive rates under different threshold cut-points from the 122 predictive models during September 1 to December 31, 2012

From: Daily forecast of dengue fever incidents for urban villages in a city

(A) Sensitivities        
Summary statistics Threshold cut-points
60% 70% 75% 80% 85% 90% 95%
Minimum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1st Quantile 0.75 0.667 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.333 0.333
Median 1 1 0.929 0.833 0.708 0.667 0.5
Mean 0.851 0.788 0.766 0.746 0.671 0.615 0.525
3rd Quantile 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.8
Maximum 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(B) False positive rates        
Summary statistics Threshold cut-points
60% 70% 75% 80% 85% 90% 95%
Minimum 0.143 0.101 0.086 0.082 0.062 0.022 0.009
1st Quantile 0.337 0.249 0.208 0.154 0.113 0.081 0.035
Median 0.42 0.321 0.28 0.229 0.173 0.117 0.06
Mean 0.43 0.331 0.282 0.228 0.175 0.118 0.058
3rd Quantile 0.497 0.395 0.335 0.273 0.213 0.142 0.072
Maximum 0.925 0.835 0.752 0.655 0.543 0.4 0.233
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X