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. 2021 Feb 23;21:83. doi: 10.1186/s12876-021-01665-0

Table 1.

Question, mean and universal CVIs calculation summary

Question CVI Mean CVI Universal CVI
Numerator number of answers "8", "9" or "10" Summation of all questions' CVIs Number of questions with CVI >  = 80
Denominator Total number of answers Total number of questions Total number of questions
Example A question was graded by 3 professionals as "8" and by 2 as "6". This question CVI is 60% If there are five questions, three of them have a CVI of 80% and two of 100%, the mean CVI is 88% If there are two questions with CVI >  = 80 and three with CVI < 80. The universal CVI will be 40%