One radiologist is known to be a lax reader compared with another radiologist who is known to be a strict reader.In comparing these radiologists, how would one expect their sensitivity and specificity to compare?

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The sensitivity, or true positive fraction (TPF), is the percentage or fraction of ill patients who have a positive test: 11ea6816_3f25_c315_b611_636e52394fa3_TB6242_00 The specificity, or true negative fraction (TNF), is the percentage or fraction of well patients who have a negative test: 11ea6816_3f25_c316_b611_db3b5bfb2935_TB6242_00 For an example, data that show a sensitivity of 78%, less than the specificity of 95%, mean that this test does a better job at correctly diagnosing well people than it does at correctly diagnosing ill people.High sensitivity = correctly finding ill people; high specificity = correctly finding well people.

One Radiologist Is Known to Be a Lax Reader Compared