A Diagnostic Test with a Very High Sensitivity but Very

question 1

Multiple Choice

A diagnostic test with a very high sensitivity but very low specificity has the following problem:

• A) It will miss a big proportion of true cases (label them as negatives).
• B) It will correctly identify all negative cases.
• C) It will label a big proportion of healthy people as sick (false-positives).
• D) It will be very expensive to administer.
• E) Specificity is the single most important characteristic of a test.

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