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R package for openVA: a suite of tools for multiple VA methods
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Question: Calculation is unclear #17

Closed mboyas-mitre closed 5 years ago

mboyas-mitre commented 5 years ago

https://github.com/verbal-autopsy-software/openVA/blob/d6e2af78af59d55ba7dc4421dc1559f1fa94a108/openVA/R/CSMF.r#L61

https://github.com/verbal-autopsy-software/openVA/blob/d6e2af78af59d55ba7dc4421dc1559f1fa94a108/openVA/R/CSMF.r#L79

https://github.com/verbal-autopsy-software/openVA/blob/d6e2af78af59d55ba7dc4421dc1559f1fa94a108/openVA/R/CSMF.r#L96

Could you elaborate on this calculation? Where does it come from and what is the goal? Specifically, why is there a factor of 2 in the denominator?

sinafala commented 5 years ago

The reference for this is :Popul Health Metr. 2011 Aug 4;9:28. doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-28. Robust metrics for assessing the performance of different verbal autopsy cause assignment methods in validation studies.