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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Homicide Stud. 2012 Nov 6;17(3):314–328. doi: 10.1177/1088767912465609

Table 2.

Test Characteristics for the Sample (N = 35).

MMSE (N = 35) FIT (N = 35) MMSE/FIT (N = 35)

Sensitivity 67% 50% 67%
Specificity 93% 86% 83%
Positive predictive value (PPV) 67% 43% 44%
Negative predictive value (NPV) 93% 89% 92%

Sensitivity: proportion of defendants with malingering who tested positive. Specificity: proportion of defendants without malingering who tested negative. PPV: proportion of defendants with positive tests who were malingering. NPV: proportion of defendants with negative tests who were not malingering.