Rapid Strep Test   Have Strep Do Not Have Strep Total Test Positive 90 2 92 Test Negative 5 3 8 Total 95 5 100     Find each rate True Positive Rate _94.7%__              False Positive Rate ____________   True Negative Rate _______              False Negative Rate ____________

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
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Chapter5: Inverse, Exponential, And Logarithmic Functions
Section5.6: Exponential And Logarithmic Equations
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Rapid Strep Test

 

Have Strep

Do Not Have Strep

Total

Test Positive

90

2

92

Test Negative

5

3

8

Total

95

5

100

 

 

  1. Find each rate

True Positive Rate _94.7%__              False Positive Rate ____________

 

True Negative Rate _______              False Negative Rate ____________

 

What percent of patients test Negative? _____8%____

 

Given a patient tested negative what percent have strep throat? _______

 

  1. Looking at the False Negative rate and the answers for part c, why does a doctor have the Negative tests tested by the traditional method which takes two to three days?
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