Re:When they warn of rare disorders, these prenatal tests ar...
by tagoregrtst on Sunday January 02, 2022 @08:43PM
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I think of it like this:
Unlike a false negative where there isnt enough to trigger the test, false positive implies that something triggered a positive.
You have something, just not what the test thinks you have. For example, men with testicular cancer, apparently, show up as pregnant in pregnancy tests. Clearly thats a false positive for pregnancy.
Unlike a false negative where there isnt enough to trigger the test, false positive implies that something triggered a positive.
You have something, just not what the test thinks you have. For example, men with testicular cancer, apparently, show up as pregnant in pregnancy tests. Clearly thats a false positive for pregnancy.