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. 2020 Jan 21;20:12. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-0901-y

Table 1.

Search filter performance measures

Search results Relevant citations Irrelevant citations
Citations retrieved by search a b
Citations not retrieved by search c d
Formulae

 Sensitivity (recall) = a/(a + c)

 Specificity = d/(b + d)

 Precision = a/(a + b)

 Accuracy = (a + d)/(a + b + c + d)

 Number Needed to Read = 1/Precision