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The test validation summary.

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¹Department of Psychology, U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, MO 65807, USA. rickfrederick@gmail.com

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Psychometrics
Biostatistics
Medical Diagnostics

Background:

Classification testing relies on metrics like true positive rate (TPR) and false positive rate (FPR).
Positive predictive power (PPP) and negative predictive power (NPP) are crucial for clinical application but depend on sample base rates (BR).

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce the Test Validation Summary (TVS) for comprehensive reporting of classification test performance.
To illustrate the relationship between TPR, FPR, and the range of PPP and NPP across all possible sample BRs for a given cut score.

Main Methods:

Development and graphical representation of the Test Validation Summary (TVS).
Analysis of TVS applications for estimating local base rates and standard errors of TPR and FPR.

Main Results:

The TVS provides a single graphical tool to visualize TPR, FPR, and the spectrum of PPP and NPP.
The TVS facilitates understanding test performance variability with changing base rates.
The TVS demonstrates utility in estimating local base rates and standard errors for validation studies.

Conclusions:

The Test Validation Summary (TVS) offers a novel and effective method for reporting and interpreting classification test performance.
TVS enhances the understanding of test validity by considering base rate dependency.
The TVS has broad applications in psychometrics and clinical diagnostics for test evaluation.