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Practical Statistics with Dr Simone

Anaesthesia Coffee Break

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Tests With High Sensitivity Make Good Screening Tests

The true positive rate is the proportion of correctly diagnosed positives or the ability of a test to avoid false negatives. Tests with a good sensitivity make good screening tests. Spin and snout are mnemonics for sensitivity and specificity. If you know the test has a high specificity and you get a positive result, you can be fairly confident that the patient does have the disease.

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