A colonoscopy is a medical procedure used to detect the early signs of colorectal cancer. The two-way table below represents the results from 950 colonoscopy patients for indicating the presence or absence of the cancer. Round percentage answers to the nearest tenth of a percent to answer the following two questions. Cancer No Cancer Positive Test Result 39 51 Negative Test Result 11 849 (a) What is the sensitivity for this test? % (b) What is the specificity for this test? %

A colonoscopy is a medical procedure used to detect the early signs of colorectal cancer. The two-way table below represents the results from 950 colonoscopy patients for indicating the presence or absence of the cancer. Round percentage answers to the nearest tenth of a percent to answer the following two questions. Cancer No Cancer Positive Test Result 39 51 Negative Test Result 11 849 (a) What is the sensitivity for this test? % (b) What is the specificity for this test? %

College Algebra

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168383

Author:Jay Abramson

Publisher:Jay Abramson

Chapter9: Sequences, Probability And Counting Theory

Section9.7: Probability

Problem 55SE: Use the following scenario for the exercises that follow: In the game of Keno, a player starts by...

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	Cancer	No Cancer
Positive Test Result	39	51
Negative Test Result	11	849

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Use the following scenario for the exercises that follow: In the game of Keno, a player starts by selecting 20 numbers from the numbers 1 to 80. After the player makes his selections, 20 winning numbers are randomly selected from numbers 1 to 80. A win occurs if the player has correctly selected 3,4, or 5 of the 20 winning numbers. (Round all answers to the nearest hundredth of a percent.) 55. How much less is a player’s chance of selecting 3 winning numbers than the chance of selecting either 4 or 5 winning numbers?
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