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Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity in relation to the number of items used to estimate persons' locations.

From: An accurate and efficient identification of children with psychosocial problems by means of computerized adaptive testing

Criteria to stop the CAT

Sensitivity

Specificity

Area Under Curve

Maximum no of items: 30

93%

90%

0.97 (0.96 - 0.98)

Maximum no of items: 20

90%

89%

0.96 (0.95 - 0.97)

Maximum no of items: 10

79%

88%

0.92 (0.90 - 0.94)

Maximum no of items: 5

64%

88%

0.90 (0.84 - 0.89)

Estimation of person location with 95% accuracy

92%

90%

0.97 (0.96 - 0.98)