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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 2.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Feb;135(2):233–242. doi: 10.1043/1543-2165-135.2.233

Table 5.

Differences in Observers’ Scores Using the Unaided and Computer-Aided Reading Modesa

Reader Group Mean Observer Score Using Continuous Data, No. (95% CI)
 Mean Observer Score Using Categoric Data, No. (95% CI)
Unaided Computer-Aided Difference Unaided Computer-Aided Difference
 Overall 58.4 (55.0 to 61.9) 59.0 (55.6 to 62.5) 0.6 (−1.8 to 0.5) 2.2 (2.1 to 2.3) 2.2 (2.1 to 2.3) 0 (−0.05 to 0.02)
 Pathologists 59.9 (56.3 to 63.7) 60.6 (57.2 to 64.1) 0.7 (−2.1 to 0.8) 2.3 (2.2 to 2.3) 2.3 (2.2 to 2.4) 0 (−0.04 to 0.04)
 Novices 56.9 (53.1 to 60.6) 57.5 (54.0 to 61.0) 0.6 (−2.1 to 1.2) 2.1 (2.0 to 2.2) 2.2 (2.1 to 2.3) 0.02 (−0.07 to 0.03)

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

a

Numbers in parentheses indicate the 95% CI constructed from 100 bootstrap samples. No differences in scores are statistically significant.