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. 2018 Feb 20;55(3):371–385. doi: 10.1017/S0014479718000030

Table 2.

Summary results of improved varieties adoption estimates established through DNA fingerprinting and derived from the three methods.

Method A* Method B Method C
% True positive (improved when improved) 43 47 50
% True negative (local when local) 16   4   6
% False positive (Type I Error: improved when local) 20 33 31
% False negative (Type II Error: local when improved) 19 16 13
*

2% of respondents did not know whether the variety is improved or local.