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lb_gilbert

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What does it mean that an assay is said to be linear?
 
  A) The final result for a given analyte is directly proportional to the analyte's true measure in the specimen.
  B) The lowest and highest results for an assay are accurate when compared to known standards.
  C) The reference range for an assay provides true positive results for greater than 98 of patients.
  D) There is no interfering substance obscuring the results.

Question 2

What does a recovery experiment test for?
 
  A) Cholesterol concentrations
  B) Interference
  C) Proportional systematic error
  D) Validity


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fatboyy09

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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lb_gilbert

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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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