Sensitivity and Specificity
We are interested in looking at the connection between a test and a disease to investigate the ability of the test to distinguish between sick and healthy.
We look at a sample of 50,000 people who have been tested for a particular disease. Of these, 100 have the disease. Of the 100 who have the disease, 95 are receiving positive test results. Of those who are healthy, there are 48902 people who get negative test results....