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Colon cancer is diagnosed in 55 patients per year within a community of 10,000 unaffected individuals. A screening test is applied to all residents of
Colon cancer is diagnosed in 55 patients per year within a community of 10,000 unaffected individuals. A screening test is applied to all residents of this community
- What is the sensitivity (in %) of the screening test, if it detects 48 of the colon cancer patients?
2. . What is the specificity if the test correctly determines that 9,650 of the unaffected persons who do not have colon cancer?
3. What is the positive predictive value? What is the negative predictive value
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An Introduction to the Mathematics of Financial Derivatives
Authors: Ali Hirsa, Salih N. Neftci
3rd edition
012384682X, 978-0123846822
