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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: Proc Mach Learn Res. 2021 Aug;149:391–413.

Table 5:

Results of behavioral testing using CheckList. The example test cases are those in which at least one model failed. Model abbreviations - RF: Random Forest, XGB: XGBoost, BCB: Bio-ClinicalBERT. Test abbreviations - N: Negation, A: Attribution, HP: Historical Phrases, M: (Robustness to) Misspellings

SBDH Test Failure Rate Example Test Cases, Label
RF XGB BCB
Community N 40.5 27.2 44.5 Husband died recently. False
(Present) M 1.9 3.8 1.9 Patient ilves with her grandson. True
Community N 11.0 14.5 13.3 Patient lost her child in an accident. True
(Absent) M 2.5 1.7 2.5 Patient is separtaed from his wife. True
Education A 83.7 73.5 70.9 Daughter is a medical student. False
M 6.5 7.7 13.1 Son is a honors high school studnet. False
Economics N 11.6 15.2 8.0 Former ICU nurse. False
A 76.5 71.5 9.0 He is not working. Daughter-in-law works as chemist. False
M 11.2 11.2 12.2 He is a retierd dentist. False
Environment N 24.7 15.6 1.3 Intermittently lives with friends but currently homeless. False
A 31.2 11.7 1.3 Homeless last 3 months. His family lives nearby. False
M 9.1 10.4 7.8 Homeelss, searching for apt. False
Alcohol Use N 28.0 11.1 27.1 Negative for alcohol use. Never
A 48.0 53.5 43.0 Negative for ETOH. Son has history of alcohol abuse. Never
HP 68.3 68.3 77.8 Was sober for a few months, but started drinking again. Present
M 20.0 22.0 18.0 He dneies any history of alcohol intake. Never
Tobacco Use N 10.0 11.7 0.6 Cigs: none ETOH: none. Never
A 27.5 39.0 17.5 Denied smoking, EtOH or drugs. Wife is a smoker. Never
HP 73.9 49.7 46.4 Denies recent tobacco (history of abuse but none in years) Past
M 8.5 19.0 12.4 Unclear when he started msoking again. Never
Drug Use N 0.6 0.6 4.3 Negative for smoking and drug. Never
A 87.0 88.0 6.0 Denied smoking, EtOH or drugs. Wife uses marijuana. Never
HP 58.8 68.6 98.7 Had stopped opiates. Started again 1 month ago. Present
M 9.2 17.0 3.3 Hx of IVDU abuse ubt quit. Past