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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Forensic Sci. 2008 Nov 29;54(1):220–231. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00927.x

TABLE 3.

ROC numbers.

Cut-off Value Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%)
Validated group
−161 100 0
−108 100 6
−99 100 13
−52 100 19
−45 100 25
0 100 31
10 100 38
15 100 44
19 100 50
27 100 56
36 100 63
59 100 69
81 100 75
92 89 75
101 78 75
107 67 75
108 56 75
132 44 75
195 33 75
215 33 81
220 22 81
251 22 88
275 11 88
326 0 88
432 0 94
Quality group
−108 100 5
−99 100 9
−52 100 14
−45 100 18
−34 100 23
−16 100 32
−1 93 32
0 93 36
2 93 41
4 93 45
10 86 45
15 86 50
19 86 55
27 86 59
36 86 64
43 86 68
59 86 73
81 86 77
92 79 77
101 71 77
103 64 77
107 64 82
108 57 82
132 50 82
150 43 82
187 36 82
195 29 82
215 29 86
220 21 86
251 21 91
275 14 91
326 7 91
336 7 95
432 0 95
Complete group
−123 100 4
−108 100 8
−102 100 12
−99 100 15
−52 100 19
−45 100 23
−34 100 27
−16 100 35
−6 95 35
−1 91 35
0 91 38
1 91 46
2 86 46
4 86 50
10 82 50
15 82 54
19 82 58
22 82 62
27 77 65
36 77 69
43 77 73
59 77 77
81 77 81
83 73 81
90 68 81
92 64 81
101 59 81
103 55 81
107 55 85
108 45 85
132 41 85
150 36 85
187 32 85
195 27 85
201 27 88
215 23 88
220 18 88
251 18 92
264 14 92
275 9 92
326 5 92
336 5 96
432 0 96

The resulting sensitivity and specificity values are presented for the different cut-off numbers for the Validated, Quality, and Complete groups. The value to determine the call of whether the person committed the mock crime (i.e., the decision number) represents the difference in the number of activated voxels for the Mock-crime minus neutral contrast subtracted by the number of activated voxels for the envelope minus neutral contrast. If the decision number is less than the cut-off value, then the call of no sabotage is made. Conversely, if the decision number is greater than the cut-off value, then a call of committing the sabotage is made. The value of “0” was used in the a priori hypothesis in this study and is shown in bold. As can be seen from the above table, small changes in cut-off values can improve the specificity without much decrement to the sensitivity.