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Moving Average with SQL Windows

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Problem

Veracyte uses Afirma molecular testing to support thyroid nodule diagnosis. Write a PostgreSQL query that calculates monthly diagnostic accuracy for the Afirma GSC test and smooths the trend with a three-month moving average.

Requirements

  1. Join test_results to test_catalog and include only completed Afirma GSC results.
  2. Exclude results where either the predicted or reference diagnosis is NULL.
  3. Calculate monthly accuracy as correct diagnoses divided by evaluated results, expressed as a percentage.
  4. Use a window function ordered by month to calculate the average accuracy for the current month and preceding two available reporting months. Return the month, evaluated result count, monthly accuracy, and moving average, rounded to two decimal places.

Schema

test_catalog
ColumnTypeDescription
test_idPKINTUnique test identifier
test_nameVARCHAR(100)Name of the clinical test
platformVARCHAR(100)Technology platform used by the test
test_results
ColumnTypeDescription
result_idPKINTUnique test result identifier
test_idINTReferences test_catalog.test_id
result_dateDATEDate the result was issued
predicted_diagnosisVARCHAR(50)Diagnosis predicted by the test
reference_diagnosisVARCHAR(50)Confirmed reference diagnosis
statusVARCHAR(30)Processing status of the result
Tablestest_catalogtest_results
Your solutionPostgreSQL
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