The following table shows the results of a medical test. Positive Test Result Negative Test Result 95.3 4.6 Total 82.6 % 4.6 X % Has Disease 491 % 24 515 x% Does Not Have Disease Use the preceding data to estimate each of the following. (Express each response as a percentage rounded to one decimal place.) a. If a person has the disease, what is the probability that person tests positive? This is the sensitivity or true positive rate of a test. 45 214 259 b. If a person has the disease, what is the probability that person tests negative? This is sometimes called the false negative rate. Total 536 238 c. If a person does not have the disease, what is the probability that person tests negative? This is the specificity or true negative rate of a test. 774 d. If a person does not have the disease, what is the probability that person tests positive? This is sometimes called the false positive rate.

The following table shows the results of a medical test. Positive Test Result Negative Test Result 95.3 4.6 Total 82.6 % 4.6 X % Has Disease 491 % 24 515 x% Does Not Have Disease Use the preceding data to estimate each of the following. (Express each response as a percentage rounded to one decimal place.) a. If a person has the disease, what is the probability that person tests positive? This is the sensitivity or true positive rate of a test. 45 214 259 b. If a person has the disease, what is the probability that person tests negative? This is sometimes called the false negative rate. Total 536 238 c. If a person does not have the disease, what is the probability that person tests negative? This is the specificity or true negative rate of a test. 774 d. If a person does not have the disease, what is the probability that person tests positive? This is sometimes called the false positive rate.

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

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Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.4: Distributions Of Data

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