Table 1 Latency, sensitivity and specificity for 5 dogs evaluated for representative results.

From: Dogs demonstrate the existence of an epileptic seizure odour in humans

Dogs

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Binomial Test P Value

Casey

100

100

<1E−5

Dodger

100

100

<1E−5

Lana

67

95

4E−4

Zoey

100

100

<1E−5

Roo

67

95

4E−4

Total

86,8

98

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  1. Calculation of p value assumed binomial distribution probability of success = 0.14 and trials = 9 per dog. Total samples presented to each dog = 63.
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