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. 2013 Jun 19;10:77. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-77

Table 1.

Calculation of traditional and relaxed sensitivity and positive predictive value (PPV), and representativity

  Outlet present (field) Outlet absent (field)
Outlet present (database)
True positive (TP)
False positive (FP)
For traditional measures
For relaxed measures/ Representativity
For traditional measures
For relaxed measures/ Representativity
Match with respect to any name, location and category error
Match disregarding errors in name and imprecisions in location
Includes outlets mismatched due to name errors and imprecisions in location
Excluding outlets mismatched due to name errors and imprecisions in location
Outlet absent (database) False negative (FN)
True negative (TN)
For traditional measures
For relaxed measures/ Representativity
Including outlets mismatched due to name errors and imprecisions in location Excluding outlets mismatched due to name errors and imprecisions in location