A New Portable Cholesterol-Measuring Device Is Being Developed for Use

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Multiple Choice

A new portable cholesterol-measuring device is being developed for use in medically underserved communities.  During clinical trials of an early prototype, a patient's cholesterol level is found to be 200 mg/dL, 201 mg/dL, and 200 mg/dL on 3 separate measurements of the same blood sample.  Using the gold standard measurement method, the same sample is found to have a cholesterol level of 260 mg/dL.  Which of the following descriptions best characterizes the new cholesterol-measuring device?

• A)High accuracy; high precision
• B)High accuracy; low precision
• C)High sensitivity; low specificity
• D)Low accuracy; high precision
• E)Low accuracy; low precision
• F)Low sensitivity; high specificity

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