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. 2001 Dec;39(12):4407–4412. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4407-4412.2001

TABLE 3.

Performance scores for qualitative resultsa

Performance score No. of resultsb
Panel 1
Panel 2
Qualitative (n = 20) Quantitative (n = 37) Total (n = 57) Qualitative (n = 25) Quantitative (n = 47) Total (n = 72)
Good, 8 10 17 27 (47) 15 22 37 (51)
Adequate, 7 7 10 17 (30) 5 7 12 (17)
Mediocre, 6 3 8 11 (19) 1 0 1 (1)
Poor, <6 0 2 2 (4) 4 18 22 (31)
a

Data for qualitative and quantitative data sets were combined for qualitative analysis. 

b

For panel 1, the percentage of results with scores of good plus adequate was 77.2%. For panel 2, the percentage of results with scores of good plus adequate was 68.1%. 

c

Values in parentheses are percentages.