Table 1.

The Probability Distributions Parameters for Triangular, Beta and Logistic Distributions in Case and Control Groups

	Bias Parameters (95% CI)		Group	Triangular Distribution (Min; Max; Mode)	Beta Distribution (Alpha; Beta)	Logistic Distribution (Location; Scale)
Type of misclassification	Differential	Sensitivity 84% (73 to 95)	Case group	0.73; 0.95; 0.84	35.01; 6.67	0.84; 0.0309
		Specificity 94% (89 to 100)		0.89; 1; 0.94	33.82; 1.23	0.94; 0.0168
		Sensitivity 90% (83 to 97)	Control group	0.83; 0.97; 0.90	62.60; 6.96	0.90; 0.0197
		Specificity 98% (95 to 100)		0.95; 1; 0.98	183.50; 3.74	0.98; 0.0056
	Non-differential	Sensitivity 85% (76 to 94)	Both groups	0.76; 94; 0.85	52.67; 9.30	0.85; 0.0248
		Specificity 95% (91 to 99)		0.91; 99; 0.95	224.67; 11.83	0.95; 0.0110

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.