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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Model accuracy metrics for all models as evaluated on the test data

From: Machine learning approach for predicting under-five mortality determinants in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

Confusion matrix

 

Random Forest

Logistic regression

KNN model

  

Predicted

Predicted

Predicted

  

Alive

Dead

Alive

Dead

Alive

Dead

Observed

Alive

698

343

632

418

475

566

 

Dead

12

28

16

24

14

26

   

%

 

%

 

%

Accuracy

  

67.2

 

59.9

 

46.3

Sensitivity

  

98.3

 

97.5

 

97.1

Specificity

  

7.5

 

5.34

 

4.4

Positive predictive value

  

70.0

 

59.9

 

45.6

Negative predictive value

  

67.0

 

60.0

 

65.0

AUC

  

72.0

 

66.1

 

55.5