If 95% of the Children Who Score Highly on an Inventory

question 37

Multiple Choice

If 95% of the children who score highly on an inventory of disruptive behavior turn out to have a diagnosable disruptive behavior problem,which of the following is NOT necessarily true?

• A) There is a 5% false positive rate.
• B) The test has low negative predictive power.
• C) The test has high positive predictive power.
• D) The test has good criterion-related validity.

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