ppod defines the proportion (baseline probability or rate) of
a decision being positive (but not necessarily accurate/correct).
ppodAn object of class numeric of length 1.
ppod is also known as bias, though the latter term is also
used to describe a systematic tendency to deviate in any --- rather
than just positive --- direction.
Understanding or obtaining the proportion of positive decisions ppod:
Definition:
ppod is the (non-conditional) probability:
ppod = p(decision = positive)
or the base rate (or baseline probability) of a decision being positive (but not necessarily accurate/correct).
Perspective:
ppod classifies a population of N individuals
by decision (ppod = dec_pos/N).
ppod is the "by decision" counterpart to prev
(which adopts a "by condition" perspective).
Alternative names:
base rate of positive decisions (PR),
proportion predicted or diagnosed,
rate of decision = positive cases
In terms of frequencies,
ppod is the ratio of
dec_pos (i.e., hi + fa)
divided by N (i.e.,
hi + mi + fa + cr):
ppod = dec_pos/N = (hi + fa)/(hi + mi + fa + cr)
Dependencies:
ppod is a feature of the decision process
or diagnostic procedure.
However, the conditional probabilities
sens, mirt,
spec, fart,
PPV, and NPV
also depend on the condition's prevalence prev.
Consult Wikipedia for additional information.
prob contains current probability information;
comp_prob computes current probability information;
num contains basic numeric parameters;
init_num initializes basic numeric parameters;
freq contains current frequency information;
comp_freq computes current frequency information;
is_prob verifies probabilities.
Other probabilities:
FDR,
FOR,
NPV,
PPV,
acc,
err,
fart,
mirt,
prev,
sens,
spec
ppod <- .50 # sets a rate of positive decisions of 50%
ppod <- 50/100 # (decision = TRUE) for 50 out of 100 individuals
is_prob(ppod) # TRUE
#> [1] TRUE