Refer to the table which summarizes the results of testing for a certain disease. If one of the results is randomly selected, what is the probability that it is a false negative (test indicates the person does not have the disease when in fact they do) ? What does this probability suggest about the accuracy of the test?
A) 0.0369; The probability of this error is low so the test is fairly accurate.
B) 0.0348; The probability of this error is low so the test is fairly accurate.
C) 0.0134; The probability of this error is low so the test is fairly accurate.
D) 0.591; The probability of this error is high so the test is not very accurate.
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