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Those named could be confusing to. True positive rate = .95 could be interpreted as, if you get a positive result, that's a 5% chance of a false positive, when the percent chance of the test being a false positive given a positive result is actually a function of the true positive percentage in the population and not innate to the test.


That kind of confusion has nothing to do with the terms though, it just requires a deeper understanding of the process and the statistics around it.




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