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Table 4 Logistic Regression Models for Detecting Students Scoring Less Than 500 on COMLEX 1

From: Early prediction of the risk of scoring lower than 500 on the COMLEX 1

Model

Training data (N = 728)

Testing data (N = 157)

Sensitivity

Specificity

Sensitivity

Specificity

Cutoff value of 0.5

 Multiple logistic regression

82/170 (48.2%)

528/558 (94.6%)

17/38 (44.7%)

110/119 (92.4%)

Cutoff value of 0.25

 Multiple logistic regression

129/170 (75.9%)

475/558 (85.1%)

26/38 (68.4%)

105/119 (88.2%)

 Backward logistic regression

135/170 (79.4%)

447/558 (80.1%)

25/38 (65.8%)

105/119 (88.2%)

 Logistic regression of average scores

134/170 (78.8%)

430/558 (77.0%)

27/38 (71.0%)

99/119 (83.2%)