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Table 1 Comparing mean accuracy statistics (with 95% Confidence Intervals) of MRT and Intuition, for Experiments 1 and 2

From: Estimating the accuracy of muscle response testing: two randomised-order blinded studies

 

Experiment 1

Experiment 2

(n = 48)

(n = 20)

MRT

Intuition

 

MRT

Intuition

 

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

p-value

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

p-value

Overall Fraction Correct

0.659

0.623 - 0.695

0.474

0.449 - 0.500

<0.01*

0.594

0.541 - 0.647

0.514

0.483 - 0.544

0.01*

Sensitivity

0.568

0.504 - 0.633

0.429

0.374 - 0.484

<0.01*

0.583

0.534 - 0.631

0.603

0.555 - 0.650

0.61

Specificity

0.734

0.687 - 0.782

0.479

0.416 - 0.542

<0.01*

0.613

0.553 - 0.673

0.494

0.427 - 0.561

0.01

Positive Predictive Value

0.663

0.607 - 0.718

0.527

0.460 - 0.594

<0.01*

0.685

0.616 - 0.754

0.603

0.555 - 0.650

0.06

Negative Predictive Value

0.667

0.625 - 0.708

0.392

0.335 - 0.448

<0.01*

0.503

0.421 - 0.584

0.425

0.356 - 0.494

0.07

  1. MRT muscle response testing, CI confidence interval; *reached significance