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Table 4 The estimated number of problems for five real datasets from published usability studies

From: Estimating the number of usability problems affecting medical devices: modelling the discovery matrix

 

n*

j**

naĂŻve

Good-Turing

double deflation

LNBzt

matrix-based

EDU3D

20

119

     

\( \hat{m} \)

  

120

121

122

155

152

95%CI

  

117–121

118–125

120–129

132–195

135–167

MACERR

15

145

     

\( \hat{m} \)

  

156

178

184

449

382

95%CI

  

146–160

171–207

192–245

256–1301

346–440

MANTEL

76

30

     

\( \hat{m} \)

  

30

30

30

31

30

95%CI

  

30–30

30–30

30–30

31–35

30–37

SAVINGS

34

44

     

\( \hat{m} \)

  

44

44

44

46

45

95%CI

  

44–45

44–45

44–45

42–50

44–51

INFPUMP

34

107

     

\( \hat{m} \)

  

107

107

107

122

120

95%CI

  

107–108

106–108

106–108

110–136

112–143

  1. * n is the number of participants in the study
  2. ** j is the number of problems discovered after analyses by n participants