A false positive occurs when a radiologist who interprets a mammogram concludes that cancer is present, but a biopsy subsequently shows no breast cancer. False positives are unavoidable because mammogram results often are ambiguous. Below are false positive rates (percent) for 24 radiologists who interpreted a total of 8,734 mammograms, (a) Calculate the mean, median, mode, and midrange. (b) Which is the best measure of central tendency? The worst? Why? ( Data are from Joann G. Elmore et al., "Screening Mammograms by Community Radiologists: Variability in False Positive Rates," Journal of the National Cancer Institute 94, no. 18 [September 18, 20021, p. 1376.)
8.5 | 4.9 | 12.5 | 2.6 | 7.6 | 15.9 | 5.6 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 12.2 |
4.0 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 11.9 | 4.2 |
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