comp_prob_prob: Compute probabilities from (3 essential) probabilities.

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Compute probabilities from (3 essential) probabilities.

Description

comp_prob_prob computes current probability information from a sufficient and valid set of 3 essential probabilities (prev, and sens or its complement mirt, and spec or its complement fart). It returns a list of 13 key probabilities (prob) as its output.

Usage

comp_prob_prob(
  prev = prob$prev,
  sens = prob$sens,
  mirt = NA,
  spec = prob$spec,
  fart = NA,
  tol = 0.01
)

Arguments

prev	The condition's prevalence value prev (i.e., the probability of condition being TRUE).
sens	The decision's sensitivity value sens (i.e., the conditional probability of a positive decision provided that the condition is TRUE). sens is optional when its complement mirt is provided.
mirt	The decision's miss rate value mirt (i.e., the conditional probability of a negative decision provided that the condition is TRUE). mirt is optional when its complement sens is provided.
spec	The decision's specificity value spec (i.e., the conditional probability of a negative decision provided that the condition is FALSE). spec is optional when its complement fart is provided.
fart	The decision's false alarm rate fart (i.e., the conditional probability of a positive decision provided that the condition is FALSE). fart is optional when its complement spec is provided.
tol	A numeric tolerance value for is_complement. Default: tol = .01.

Details

comp_prob_prob is a wrapper function for the more basic function comp_prob.

Extreme probabilities (sets containing 2 or more probabilities of 0 or 1) may yield unexpected values (e.g., predictive values PPV or NPV turning NaN when is_extreme_prob_set evaluates to TRUE).

Key relationships between frequencies and probabilities (see documentation of comp_freq or comp_prob for details):

• Three perspectives on a population:

  by condition / by decision / by accuracy.

• Defining probabilities in terms of frequencies:

  Probabilities can be computed as ratios between frequencies, but beware of rounding issues.

Functions translating between representational formats:

1. comp_prob_prob (defined here) is a wrapper function for comp_prob and an analog to 3 other format conversion functions:

2. comp_prob_freq computes current probability information contained in prob from 4 essential frequencies (hi, mi, fa, cr).

3. comp_freq_prob computes current frequency information contained in freq from 3 essential probabilities (prev, sens, spec).

4. comp_freq_freq computes current frequency information contained in freq from 4 essential frequencies (hi, mi, fa, cr).

Value

A list prob containing 13 key probability values.

See Also

comp_freq_prob computes current frequency information from (3 essential) probabilities; comp_freq_freq computes current frequency information from (4 essential) frequencies; comp_prob_freq computes current probability information from (4 essential) frequencies; num contains basic numeric variables; init_num initializes basic numeric variables; freq contains current frequency information; comp_freq computes current frequency information; prob contains current probability information; comp_prob computes current probability information; comp_complement computes a probability's complement; comp_comp_pair computes pairs of complements; comp_complete_prob_set completes valid sets of probabilities; comp_min_N computes a suitable population size N (if missing).

Other functions computing frequencies: comp_freq(), comp_freq_freq(), comp_freq_prob(), comp_min_N()

Other format conversion functions: comp_freq_freq(), comp_freq_prob(), comp_prob_freq()

Examples

# Basics:
comp_prob_prob(prev = .11, sens = .88, spec = .77)                        # ok: PPV = 0.3210614
comp_prob_prob(prev = .11, sens = NA, mirt = .12, spec = NA, fart = .23)  # ok: PPV = 0.3210614
comp_prob_prob()          # ok, using current defaults
length(comp_prob_prob())  # 13 key probability values

# Ways to work:
comp_prob_prob(.99, sens = .99, spec = .99)              # ok: PPV = 0.999898
comp_prob_prob(.99, sens = .90, spec = NA, fart = .10)   # ok: PPV = 0.9988789

# Watch out for extreme cases:
comp_prob_prob(1, sens = 0, spec = 1)      # ok, but with warnings (as PPV & FDR are NaN)
comp_prob_prob(1, sens = 0, spec = 0)      # ok, but with warnings (as PPV & FDR are NaN)
comp_prob_prob(1, sens = 0, spec = NA, fart = 0)  # ok, but with warnings (as PPV & FDR are NaN)
comp_prob_prob(1, sens = 0, spec = NA, fart = 1)  # ok, but with warnings (as PPV & FDR are NaN)

comp_prob_prob(1, sens = 1, spec = 0)      # ok, but with warnings (as NPV & FOR are NaN)
comp_prob_prob(1, sens = 1, spec = 1)      # ok, but with warnings (as NPV & FOR are NaN)
comp_prob_prob(1, sens = 1, spec = NA, fart = 0)  # ok, but with warnings (as NPV & FOR are NaN)
comp_prob_prob(1, sens = 1, spec = NA, fart = 1)  # ok, but with warnings (as NPV & FOR are NaN)

# Ways to fail:
comp_prob_prob(NA, 1, 1, NA)  # only warning: invalid set (prev not numeric)
comp_prob_prob(8,  1, 1, NA)  # only warning: prev no probability
comp_prob_prob(1,  8, 1, NA)  # only warning: sens no probability
comp_prob_prob(1,  1, 1,  1)  # only warning: is_complement not in tolerated range

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