Suppose that a test for a certain disease has a specificity of 95%. If 2,000 people...

Suppose that a test for a certain disease has a specificity of 95%. If 2,000 people without the disease take the test, how many should you expect to test negative?

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Since our test for a certain disease has 95% specificity.

Specificity is similar to Confidence Coefficient. It means a true negative rate.

Specificity talks about the proportion of people who don't have the disease and are tested negative.

So, here we have to tell, if 2000 people without the disease take the test , how many people should we expect to test negative.

ANSWER :- No. Of people that are expected to test negative = (Total People) × (Specificity)

= 2000×0.95 = 1900.

Hence, D) 1900 people are expected to test negative.

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orchestra answered 1 year ago

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