Dr. Barba, like most doctors, tends to _____ the probability that a person has a disease when a test result is positive. To accurately calculate this probability, one of the factors that Dr. Barba needs to know is the percentage of people in the population who actually have the disease, which is known as the _____ rate.

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The correct answer is A) overestimate; base. Doctors often overestimate the likelihood of a disease when a test result is positive, partly due to not considering the base rate, or the actual prevalence of the disease in the population, which is crucial for accurately calculating the probability of having the disease.

Dr Barba, Like Most Doctors, Tends to _____ the Probability