Which of the Following Vignettes BEST Illustrates a False Negative

question 120

Multiple Choice

Which of the following vignettes BEST illustrates a false negative?

• A) Terry's MCAT scores are too low to be accepted to a U.S. medical school yet Terry goes on to win a Nobel Prize in medicine.
• B) Maurice scores at the top of his class on tests of speed, strength, and agility and is very successful as a starting player on a college basketball team.
• C) Lynn scores in the top 1% of the population on a test of cognitive ability yet flunks out of college within the first year.
• D) Morgan does not get hired as a pharmacy technician after failing a polygraph test and is arrested several months later for drug possession.

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