A Group of 10 Patients Are to Be Tested: Six

question 7

Multiple Choice

A group of 10 patients are to be tested: six are known to have a disease and four are disease free. If the four disease-free patients tested negative for this disease, what would the clinical specificity of this test be?

• A) 100%
• B) 60%
• C) 40%
• D) 50%

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