The Proportion of Persons with a Positive Test Who Actually

question 6

Multiple Choice

The proportion of persons with a positive test who actually have a disease, interpreted as the possibility that an individual with a positive test has the disease is the:

• A) Sensitivity
• B) Specificity
• C) Positive predictive value
• D) Negative predictive value

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