A research team in Tanzania is evaluating a new rapid diagnostic test for malaria. The test is positive in 95 of 100 confirmed malaria cases and posit...

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A research team in Tanzania is evaluating a new rapid diagnostic test for malaria. The test is positive in 95 of 100 confirmed malaria cases and positive in 5 of 100 confirmed non-malaria cases. What is the specificity of the test?

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95%

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5%

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90%

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100%

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50%

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Specificity Calculation

A research team in Tanzania is evaluating a new rapid diagnostic test for malaria. The test is positive in 95 of 100 confirmed malaria cases and positive in 5 of 100 confirmed non-malaria cases. What is the specificity of the test?