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by hanche
2288 days ago
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If the false positive rate is p and the false negative rate is q, and the infection rate is r, then you will have p·(1-r) false positives (as proportion of the tested population) and (1-q)·r true positives. Your hypothesis p>r is not enough to settle which of those two numbers is bigger. (Edited to fix a silly mistake: The phone rang while I was posting, so I ended up being hasty.) Edit the 2nd: Even in the simplified case q=0, you can't easily tell. |
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