xskillscore.Contingency.bias_score

Contingency.bias_score(yes_category=2)

Returns the bias score(s) for dichotomous contingency data

\[BS = \frac{\mathrm{hits} + \mathrm{false~alarms}} {\mathrm{hits} + \mathrm{misses}}\]
Parameters

yes_category (value, optional) – The category coordinate value of the category corresponding to ‘yes’

Returns

An array containing the bias score(s)

Return type

xarray.Dataset or xarray.DataArray

References

https://www.cawcr.gov.au/projects/verification/#Contingency_table