The following table shows one month's results from a public health clinic's testing for a new...

 

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The following table shows one month's results from a public health clinic's testing for a new strain of flu during a pandemic that were confirmed the following month. Examine the results and answer the first four questions. Patients Without Patients With New Flu New Flu Patients Testing Positive 200 100 Patients Testing Negative 50 700 A anxious patient arrives at the clinic wanting to get tested. As the physician, you try to assuage their concerns and tell them that the test does a good job in identifying someone infected. "How well?" asks the distraught patient. What percentage chance does the test have in correctly identifying the patient as being truly sick or not sick? Chance for test identifying someone truly sick: Chance for test identifying someone truly well: The following table shows one month's results from a public health clinic's testing for a new strain of flu during a pandemic that were confirmed the following month. Examine the results and answer the first four questions. Patients Without Patients With New Flu New Flu Patients Testing Positive 200 100 Patients Testing Negative 50 700 A anxious patient arrives at the clinic wanting to get tested. As the physician, you try to assuage their concerns and tell them that the test does a good job in identifying someone infected. "How well?" asks the distraught patient. What percentage chance does the test have in correctly identifying the patient as being truly sick or not sick? Chance for test identifying someone truly sick: Chance for test identifying someone truly well: