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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2010 Aug 15;29(18):1910–1918. doi: 10.1002/sim.3951

Table V.

Estimated sensitivity and positive predicted value of the multinomial, ordinal, and Bernoulli models.

Ha Sensitivity
PPV
Multi Ord Ord* Br1 Br2 Br3 Br4 Multi Ord Ord* Br1 Br2 Br3 Br4
80 cases in cluster
A: p= (0.05,0.15,0.35,0.45) 0.896 0.898 0.563 0.876 0.250 0.273 0.596 0.887 0.890 0.611 0.838 0.222 0.325 0.683
B: p= (0.05,0.25,0.25,0.45) 0.854 0.877 0.518 0.876 0.069 0.057 0.625 0.838 0.863 0.579 0.835 0.101 0.128 0.668
C: p= (0.10,0.10,0.40,0.40) 0.853 0.873 0.535 0.624 0.569 0.429 0.370 0.840 0.859 0.559 0.553 0.500 0.485 0.480
D: p= (0.15,0.15,0.15,0.55) 0.837 0.861 0.487 0.313 0.304 0.314 0.878 0.864 0.883 0.494 0.293 0.243 0.239 0.898
60 cases in cluster
A: p= (0.05,0.15,0.35,0.45) 0.844 0.866 0.425 0.851 0.238 0.204 0.507 0.829 0.852 0.491 0.745 0.157 0.211 0.587
B: p= (0.05,0.25,0.25,0.45) 0.791 0.832 0.402 0.845 0.077 0.099 0.521 0.706 0.760 0.394 0.732 0.063 0.086 0.568
C: p= (0.10,0.10,0.40,0.40) 0.772 0.832 0.501 0.547 0.516 0.319 0.299 0.754 0.818 0.449 0.396 0.348 0.413 0.350
D: p= (0.15,0.15,0.15,0.55) 0.742 0.814 0.410 0.249 0.202 0.255 0.845 0.775 0.844 0.392 0.184 0.141 0.193 0.870

Multi=multinomial model, Ord=ordinal model, Ord*=ordinal model tested under unordered alternatives A′ :p=(0.45,0.05,0.35,0.25), B′ :p= (0.45,0.05,0.25,0.25), C′ :p= (0.40,0.10,0.40,0.10), D′ :p= (0.15,0.55,0.15,0.15), Br1= Bernoulli model for category 1 (versus the others), Br2= Bernoulli model for category 2 (versus the others), Br3= Bernoulli model for category 3 (versus the others), Br4= Bernoulli model for category 4 (versus the others).