Screening Tests (E

question 73

Multiple Choice

Screening tests (e.g., AIDS testing) are evaluated on the probability of a false negative or a false positive, and both of these are:

• A) conditional probabilities
• B) probability of the intersection of two events
• C) probability of the union of two events
• D) marginal probabilities
• E) probability of dependent events

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