Statistics Notes¶
Altman, D. G., & Bland, J. M. (1994). Statistics Notes: Diagnostic tests 2: predictive values. BMJ, 309(6947).
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Mechanisms¶
- Diagnostic Threshold Calibration
- At the clinic's cutoff, the screen would generate mostly false positives
This sourceShows that lower disease prevalence reduces positive predictive value and can make many positive screening results false positives.
- At the clinic's cutoff, the screen would generate mostly false positives
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