A Radiologist Screening Mammograms to Detect Breast Cancer in a High-Risk

Multiple Choice

A radiologist screening mammograms to detect breast cancer in a high-risk patient is likely to ______.

A) adopt a low criterion because she does not want signal-detection misses
B) adopt a high criterion because she does not want many signal-detection false alarms
C) do everything she can to decrease sensitivity so as to create more correct rejections
D) do everything she can to increase sensitivity so as to create fewer false alarms