Calculated Risks¶
Gigerenzer, G. (2002). Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You. Simon & Schuster.
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- False Positive Paradox
- In medical screening it is canonical: mammography, low-prevalence HIV testing, prostate-antigen tests, and neonatal screens for rare disorders all produce majority-false flags when the prior is small, which is why two-stage protocols exist.
This sourceWorks screening-test natural-frequency examples (mammography, HIV) showing most positives are false under a low base rate even with high sensitivity and specificity, supporting the medical-screening use and the worked PPV-collapse example (e.g., 9 of 10 positives false).
- In medical screening it is canonical: mammography, low-prevalence HIV testing, prostate-antigen tests, and neonatal screens for rare disorders all produce majority-false flags when the prior is small, which is why two-stage protocols exist.
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