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One Hundred Children with Strep Throat Are Tested by a New

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One hundred children with strep throat are tested by a new technique; 98 of them test positive and 2 of them test negative. One hundred children who do not have strep are also tested, and 5 of them test positive.


A) The sensitivity of the assay is 95%.
B) The sensitivity of the assay is 99%.
C) The sensitivity of the assay is 98%.
D) The specificity of the assay is 98%.

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