Table 3 Performance metrics calculated for each age class predicting the ability to correctly assign a nestling’s age

From: Developing and validating a nestling photographic aging guide for cavity-nesting birds: an example with the European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

Class	Accuracy	Sensitivity	Precision	FPR	FNR
1	0.93	0.89	0.80	0.02	0.12
4	0.84	0.78	0.48	0.09	0.23
7	0.68	0.39	0.70	0.02	0.62
10	0.85	0.72	0.92	0.01	0.28
13	0.94	0.89	1.00	0.00	0.12
16	0.99	1.00	0.85	0.02	0.00
19	0.87	0.78	0.73	0.03	0.23
22	0.84	0.72	0.68	0.04	0.28
25	0.75	0.56	0.58	0.04	0.45
28	0.76	0.56	0.66	0.03	0.45

Values are given as proportions
FPR false positive rate, FNR false negative rate

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