MediumStatisticsst-408

Balanced Accuracy from Rates

Problem

Balanced accuracy averages recall and specificity: (recall + specificity) / 2.

Given the two rates, return the balanced accuracy.

Hint

Each class contributes equally regardless of prevalence.

case 1

in: [0.8,0.6]

expected: 0.7

case 2

in: [1,0]

expected: 0.5

case 3

in: [0.9,0.9]

expected: 0.9

Starter codePython

def balanced_accuracy_from_rates(recall, specificity):
    # Your code here
    pass

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