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. 2005 Mar 15;102(12):4403–4408. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409891102

Table 4. Summary of simulations.

r values Specificity, %
ra = 0.25, rd = 0.80, rn = 0.22, ri = 0.88 94.9
(Estimated from data)
ra, rd, rn = 0.2-0.9
    ri = 0.2-0.6 >99
    ri = 0.7 >98
    ri = 0.8 >95
ra, rd = 0.2-0.9, ri = 0.9
    rn = 0.2 >85
    rn = 0.3 >90
    rn = 0.4-0.9 >95

Summary of specificity statistic (number of true positives/number of total positives) for 1,000 data sets each for combinations of r values from 0.2-0.9. For each combination of r values in the range given in the first column, the specificity exceeds the value given in the second column. For example, for every combination of r values with ra, rd, and rn between 0.2 and 0.9 and ri between 0.2 and 0.6, specificity exceeds 99%.