AOAC-RI ERP Book Micro Jan 19 2017

Table 8. Quantities and Percentages of True Positive, True Negatives, False Positives, and False Negatives for the Candidate Method Testing of Sprouts

Final Result 1 True Positive True Negative False Negative False Positive True Positive True Negative False Negative False Positive True Positive True Negative False Negative False Positive

Inoculation Level

Total

Percentage (%)

4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0

80 20

High

0 0

10 10

50 50

Low

0 0 0 0 0

100

Un-inoculated

1. TRUE POSITIVE, ““Screening Stage”” Positive Result - ”Confirmation Stage” Positive Result; TRUE NEGATIVE, “Screening Stage” Negative Result - ”Confirmation Stage” Negative Result; FALSE POSITIVE, “Screening Stage” Positive Result- ”Confirmation Stage” Negative Result; FALSE NEGATIVE, “Screening Stage” Negative Result - ”Confirmation Stage” Positive Result

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