=+if radiologists were less aggressive in following up on suspicious tests, the rate of false-positives would fall
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=+if radiologists were less aggressive in following up on suspicious tests, the rate of false-positives would fall but the rate of missed cancers would rise. Suppose that such a screening test is used to decide between a null hypothesis of H0
: no cancer is present and an alternative hypothesis of Ha
: cancer is present. (Although these are not hypotheses about a population characteristic, this exercise illustrates the definitions of Type I and Type II errors.)
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Statistics The Exploration And Analysis Of Data
ISBN: 9781111804138
6th Edition
Authors: John M Scheb, Jay Devore, Roxy Peck
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