Dr Barba, Like Most Doctors, Tends to _____ the Probability

Multiple Choice

Dr. Barba, like most doctors, tends to _____ the probability that a person has a disease when a test result is positive. To accurately calculate this probability, one of the factors that Dr. Barba needs to know is the percentage of people in the population who actually have the disease, which is known as the _____ rate.

A) overestimate; base
B) overestimate; sensitivity
C) underestimate; base
D) underestimate; sensitivity