Ah indeed, I was wrong. You will get approximately 6 false positives for every true positive. Unfortunately I can't edit my comment anymore.
The real false positive rate is much higher than the 5% reported. The false positive rate reported is ~5% in a sample with an equal number of people that did and did not develop cancer, while the ratio in reality is…
Ah indeed, I was wrong. You will get approximately 6 false positives for every true positive. Unfortunately I can't edit my comment anymore.
The real false positive rate is much higher than the 5% reported. The false positive rate reported is ~5% in a sample with an equal number of people that did and did not develop cancer, while the ratio in reality is…