Saul, a cytotechnologist in training, is asked to screen a series of tissue samples for precancerous cells. His supervisor checks his work and determines that it has overestimated the number of samples containing precancerous cells. This may be due to the fact that Saul lost his mother to cancer at a young age, making Saul extra cautious about missing indications of cancerous cells in the samples. This scenario illustrates

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Saul, a cytotechnologist in training, is asked to screen a series of tissue samples for precancerous cells. His supervisor checks his work and determines that it has overestimated the number of samples containing precancerous cells. This may be due to the  fact that Saul lost his mother to cancer at a young age, making Saul extra cautious about missing indications of cancerous cells in the samples. This scenario illustrates

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Saul's overestimation of precancerous cells leading to false alarms is due to his heightened caution, likely influenced by his personal experience with cancer, causing him to report more samples as containing precancerous cells than actually do.

Saul, a Cytotechnologist in Training, Is Asked to Screen a Series