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A study is conducted to investigate the use of a technique called radionuclide venticulography as a test for detecting coronary artery disease. The results are tabulated below.
Screening Test CAD No CAD
Positive 302 80
Negative 179 372
What is the sensitivity of the screening test? Please record your answer as a decimal, not a percent and round to two decimal places.
A study is conducted to investigate the use of a technique called radionuclide venticulography as a test for detecting coronary artery disease. The results are tabulated below.
Screening Test |
CAD |
No CAD |
Total |
Positive |
302 |
80 |
382 |
Negative |
179 |
372 |
551 |
Total |
481 |
452 |
933 |
What is the sensitivity of the screening test? Please record your answer as a decimal, not a percent and round to two decimal places.
The sensitivity of a clinical test refers to the ability of the test to correctly identify those patients with the disease.
Sensitivity = True Positive Fraction = P(Screen Positive | Disease) =302/481 =0.627858628
=0.63 ( two decimals)