Table 2.
Confusion matrix describing the ability of three clonal siblings used as biological reporters to predict the proliferative fate of a fourth clonal sibling consumed in the process of global RT-PCR
| Test predicted outcome | Actual outcome
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|---|---|---|---|
| Grow | Did not grow | ||
| Grow | TP = 108 | FP = 5 | PPV, 95.6% |
| Did not grow | FN = 4 | TN = 304 | NPV, 98.7% |
| Sensitivity, 96.4% | Specificity, 98.4% | Accuracy, 97.8% | |
Abbreviations: FN, false negative; FP, false positive; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive preditive value; RT, reverse transcriptase; TN, true negative; TP, true positive.