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. 2006 Jan;21(1):13–21. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.00311.x

Table 3.

Risk of Misclassification for Mean Scores with Varying Proximity to the Performance Cutpoint and with Measures Varying in MD-Level Reliability

Difference Between MD Mean Score and Performance Cutpoint (Points) Probability of Misclassification at Varying Thresholds of MD-Level Reliability

αMD=0.70 αMD=0.80 αMD=0.90
1 38.0 34.5 27.4
2 27.1 21.2 11.5
3 18.0 11.5 3.6
4 11.1 5.5 0.8
5 6.3 2.3 0.1
6 3.3 0.8 <0.001
7 1.6 0.3 <0.001
8 0.7 <0.001 <0.001
9 0.3 <0.001 <0.001
10 0.1 <0.001 <0.001
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