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Social & Preventive Medicine Screening 8e5e0c30

Too much false positives in a test is due to which of the following-

A
High prevalence
B
Tests with high specificity
C
Tests with high sensitivity
D
High incidence
High-Yield Explanation
Ref :Parks 25th edition pg 152 Tests with high sensitivity gives too much false positives. Note Specificity and sensitivity are inversely related. High sensitivity means low specificity. Specificity = TN/ (TN+ FP).. low specificity means low TN, meaning high FP

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