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Table 3 Classification performance of the three classification trees using different misclassification costs and the logistic regression models using different cut-off points

From: Use of data mining techniques to investigate disease risk classification as a proxy for compromised biosecurity of cattle herds in Wales

Classification trees

Misclassification costs

 

Tree 1:1

Tree 5:1

Tree 10:1

Tree 20:1

Sensitivity

0%

16%

64.3%

91%

PPV

0%

23.2%

15%.

11.9%

Specificity

100%

95%

65.5%

36.1%

NPV

91.3%

65.8%

95%

97.7%

Error rate

8.7%

11.9%

34.6%

59.1%

AUC

 

71%

71%

67.6%

Logistic regression

Classification cut-offs

 

0.5

0.3

0.2

0.1

Sensitivity

0%

1.1%

10.8%

65.5%

PPV

0%

22.3%

27.6%

15.5%

Specificity

100%

99.7%

97.4%

67.3%

NPV

91.64%

91.7%

92.3%

95.5%

Error rate

8.4%

8.6%

9.8%

32.8%

AUC

72%

72%

72%

72%