Rescarch has shown that specific biochemical markers are found exclusively in the breath of patients with lung cancer, However,no lab test can currently distinguish the breath of lung cancer patients from that of other subjects. Could dogs be trained toidentify these markers in specimens of human breath, as they can be to detect illegal substances or to follow a person's scent? Anexperiment traincd dogs to distinguish breath specimens of lung cancer patients from breath specimens of control individuals byusing a food-reward training method. After the training was complete, the dogs were tested on new breath specimens without anyreward or clue using a double-blind, completely randomized design. The results for a random sample of 1291 breath specimensare provided.Note: The numerical values in this problem have been modified for testing purposes.Breath SpecimenCancer SubjectDog Test ResultNegativeControl SubjectTotal71510725Positive562566Total7195721291(a) The sensitivity of a diagnostic test is its ability to correctly give a positive result when a person tested has the discase, orP(positive test | discase). Find the sensitivity of the dog cancer-detection test for lung cancer. Give your answer to fourdecimal places.P(positive test | discase) =

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