According to signal detection theory, if your life depended on an X-ray technician's ability to detect a cancerous tumor, you would want her to have a _____ detection criterion, which would result in a high rate of _____.

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A lax detection criterion means the technician would prefer to err on the side of caution, leading to more hits (correctly identifying tumors) and false alarms (identifying non-tumors as tumors), which is preferable when the cost of misses (failing to detect actual tumors) is high.

According to Signal Detection Theory, If Your Life Depended on an X-Ray