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Effects of optimism and pessimism on prediction accuracy
| Optimistic correct (%) |
Optimistic incorrect (%) |
Pessimistic correct (%) |
Pessimistic incorrect (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attending | 46.1* | 25.0* | 13.1* | 15.8* |
| Fellow | 46.3* | 19.7 | 17.6 | 16.4* |
| Resident | 31.9 | 17.9 | 20.0 | 30.2 |
| RN | 30.2 | 17.0 | 20.7 | 32.1* |
| NNP | 32.4 | 12.9* | 26.4* | 28.3 |
RN, registered nurse; NNP, neonatal nurse practitioners.
p < 0.01; chi-square.
