Probabilities (General)

by David Turell , Saturday, April 19, 2014, 23:16 (3869 days ago) @ romansh

&#13;&#10;> Romansh;There is no false positive? How do we go about proving this. We can maybe say the rate of false positives is something like <0.000001, implying we have tasted a million people and not found a single false positive.-The test is just a proven way to do a measurement, with a very small range of plus or minus error in the measurement, there is no false negative or positive at issue. Since human proteins are in a normal range, for example blood HDL cholesterol is 30-60. Normal is defined as in the range.&#13;&#10;> &#13;&#10;> Romansh: Yes I know medicine has a degree of art to it. That is why I don&apos;t think medicine is in the proof business. It is in the business of making the best possible decision within the constraints of time, education, experience, resources, compassion and no doubt many other factors.-Yes, your statement is more accurate, but proof of diagnosis is part of it, to the best of our abilities.