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Table 6 Comparison of spatial precision against SaTScanâ„¢

From: Spatial cluster detection using dynamic programming

Frequencyrange

Coverage

DP precision

SaTScanâ„¢ precision

(DP-SaTScanâ„¢) 95%confidence interval limits

p-value

Low

< 16%

0.09365

0.09218

0.00395

- 0.00100

0.12159

 

16-34%

0.28551

0.27073

0.01871

0.01084

< 0.00001

 

≥ 35%

0.57974

0.47264

0.11638

0.09781

0.00128

Mid

< 16%

0.31987

0.24489

0.07877

0.07118

< 0.00001

 

16-34%

0.67969

0.59986

0.08355

0.07612

< 0.00001

 

≥ 35%

0.92269

0.87176

0.05817

0.04369

< 0.00001

High

< 16%

0.50417

0.33449

0.17408

0.16526

< 0.00001

 

16-34%

0.84815

0.66405

0.18728

0.18093

< 0.00001

 

≥ 35%

0.91292

0.82920

0.08906

0.07839

< 0.00001

Very high

< 16%

0.66221

0.41769

0.24879

0.24027

< 0.00001

 

16-34%

0.84584

0.62706

0.22190

0.21568

< 0.00001

 

≥ 35%

0.92306

0.79866

0.11971

0.12911

< 0.00001

  1. Comparison of the DP and SaTScanâ„¢ spatial precision. The table shows the mean recall for each algorithm, the lower and upper 95% confidence limits for the difference in recall (DP-SaTScanâ„¢) and the associated t-test p-values