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Table 2 Binary Classification Performance Measures

From: Nonlinear Heart Rate Variability features for real-life stress detection. Case study: students under stress due to university examination

Measure

Abbreviation

Formulae

Total classification accuracy

ACC

T P + T N T P + T N + F P + F N

Sensitivity

SEN

T P T P + F N

Specificity

SPE

T N F P + T N

Positive Predictive Value

PPV

T P T P + F P

Negative Predictive Value

NPV

T N T N + F N

  1. TP: the number of records performed during university examination correctly detected
  2. TN: the number of records performed on holidays correctly detected
  3. FP: the number of records performed on holidays incorrectly labelled as during university examination
  4. FN: the number of records performed during university examination incorrectly labelled as on holidays.