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Pineappleeh

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A new psychological test is able to detect anxiety in patients; it accurately identifies both the absence and presence of anxiety. This would mean that the test
 
  A) has high false positive rates and high false negative rates.
   B) has high false positive rates but low false negative rates.
   C) is low in false positive rates and low in false negative rates.
   D) is low in false positive rates but high in false negative rates.

Question 2

A screening device is able to indicate a problem when it is present and accurately indicate the absence of a problem when none exists. In psychological terms, this would constitute
 
  A) screening specificity.
   B) screening sensitivity.
   C) differential diagnosis.
   D) sensitivity and specificity.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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