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. 2014 Aug 8;14:67. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-14-67

Table 6.

Weights of false negatives and false positives

  India (n = 77) Pakistan (n = 84) Bangladesh (n = 81) All countries (n = 242)
Intuitive weight of false negative
9 (8-10)
9 (5-10)
8 (7-10)
9 (7-10)
Intuitive weight of false positive
1 (1-2)
5 (2-7)
4.5 (2-6)
3 (1-6)
Calculated weight of false negatives based on literature data (without regret)
58 (56-60)
60 (58-64)
61 (58-63)
59 (57-62)
Calculated weight of false positives based on literature data (without regret)
4.7 (4.4-5.3)
2.9 (1.2-3.5)
2.9 (2.4-4.7)
3.5 (2.4-4.7)
Calculated weight of false negatives based on intuitive estimates without regret
71 (65-76)
74 (48-90)
68 (56-79)
71 (57-81)
Calculated weight of false positives based on intuitive estimates without regret
0.7 (0.4-1.2)
3.3 (.9-7.8)
3.9 (1.5-14)
1.7 (0.6-5.8)
Calculated weight of false negatives (WFN) (based on intuitive estimations), regret included
302 (241.87-347.75)
291 (189.0-367.8)
129 (83.25-271.05)
252 (148-336)
Calculated weight of false positives (WFP) (based on intuitive estimations), regret included 2.02 (1.06-4.14) 15.64 (5.1-50.27) 5.6 (1.81-16.93) 5 (1.83-17.29)

p > 0.05.