Your doctor tells you that your bloodwork screening test came back positive for type 2 diabetes. You ask the doctor "What is the chance that I actually have diabetes, given this positive screening test?" The statistic your doctor should give you represents the: O The sensitivity of the test The specificity of the test The positive predictive value of the test O The negative predictive value of the test O The reliability of the test

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Your doctor tells you that your bloodwork screening test
came back positive for type 2 diabetes. You ask the doctor
"What is the chance that I actually have diabetes, given this
positive screening test?" The statistic your doctor should
give you represents the:
O The sensitivity of the test
O The specificity of the test
The positive predictive value of the test
O The negative predictive value of the test
O The reliability of the test
Transcribed Image Text:Your doctor tells you that your bloodwork screening test came back positive for type 2 diabetes. You ask the doctor "What is the chance that I actually have diabetes, given this positive screening test?" The statistic your doctor should give you represents the: O The sensitivity of the test O The specificity of the test The positive predictive value of the test O The negative predictive value of the test O The reliability of the test
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