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Refer to the Table Which Summarizes the Results of Testing

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Refer to the table which summarizes the results of testing for a certain disease  Positive  Test Result  Negative  Test Result  Subject has the disease  Subject does not have the  disease 111411172\begin{array}{l|cc} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Positive } \\\text { Test Result }\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Negative } \\\text { Test Result }\end{array} \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { Subject has the disease } \\\text { Subject does not have the } \\\text { disease }\end{array} & 111 & 4 \\& 11 & 172\end{array}

If one of the results is randomly selected, what is the probability that it is a false negative (test indicates the person does not have the disease when in fact they do) ? What does this probability suggest about the accuracy of the test?


A) 0.03690.0369 ; The probability of this error is low so the test is fairly accurate.
B) 0.03480.0348 ; The probability of this error is low so the test is fairly accurate.
C) 0.5910.591 ; The probability of this error is high so the test is not very accurate.
D) 0.01340.0134 ; The probability of this error is low so the test is fairly accurate.

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