A thousand (1000) passengers in a cruise started having symptoms of a food poisoning after a dinner on the ship. They were rushed to a hospital that was using a relatively new test for Hepatitis A: The following data was available for the researchers: SICK PASSENGERS HEALTHY PASSENGERS TEST POSITIVE 480 TEST POSITIVE 50 TEST NEGATIVE 30 TEST NEGATIVE 440 510 490 Based on the data: Calculate: A) The sensitivity of the test. B) The specificity of the test. C) The false positives and false negatives.D) The predictive value+ E) The predicted value -F) The prevalence. G) The accuracy. Based on the results, do you think the test is useful in the diagnosis of Hepatitis A?
GIVEN:
The confusion matrix/ classification table:
ACTUAL | ||||
PREDICTED | Sick Passengers | Healthy Passengers | TOTAL | |
Test Positive | 480 (TP) | 50 (FP) | 530 | |
Test Negative | 30 (FN) | 440 (TN) | 470 | |
TOTAL | 510 | 490 | 1000 |
True Positives (TP) = 480
True Negatives (TN) = 440
False Positives (FP) = 50
False Negatives (FN) = 30
A) SENSITIVITY:
The formula for sensitivity is,
Sensitivity
Thus % of passengers with Hepatitis A disease are correctly identified as positive by the diagnostic test.
B) SPECIFICITY:
The formula for specificity is,
Specificity
Thus % of passengers without Hepatitis A disease are correctly identified as negative by the diagnostic test.
C) FALSE POSITIVES AND FALSE NEGATIVES:
A false-positive test result indicates that a person has a specific disease or condition when the person actually does not have it.
A false negative is a test result that indicates a person does not have a disease or condition when the person actually does have the disease.
From the classification table,
Number of passengers whose test result indicated that they have Hepatitis A when they actually does not have the disease (False Positives)
Number of passengers whose test result indicated that they does not have Hepatitis A when they actually have the disease (False Negatives)
D) POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE:
The formula for positive predictive value is,
Thus % of passengers with positive hepatitis A test result actually have the condition.
E) NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE:
The formula for negative predictive value is,
Thus % of passengers with negative hepatitis A test result actually do not have the condition.
F) PREVALENCE:
The formula for prevalence is,
Prevalence
Thus % of passengers are actually sick in the given sample.
G) ACCURACY:
The formula for accuracy is,
Accuracy
The overall accuracy of classifer is %.
Thus the test is useful in the diagnosis of Hepatitis A, since the accuracy of classifier is high.
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