colonoscopy is a medical procedure used to detect the early signs of colorectal cancer. The two-way table below represents the results from 1000 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.       No Cancer Cancer Positive Test Result 61 43 Negative Test Result 885 11   (a) What is the specificity for this test?    % (b) What is the sensitivity for this test?

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A colonoscopy is a medical procedure used to detect the early signs of colorectal cancer. The two-way table below represents the results from 1000 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.

 

 

  No Cancer Cancer
Positive Test Result 61 43
Negative Test Result 885 11

 

(a) What is the specificity for this test?
   %

(b) What is the sensitivity for this test?
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