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Imo you are exaggerating a bit: What you are describing is specificity vs sensitivity [1] which I am fairly certain doctors get educated about pretty early on i
by jdthedisciple 5y ago
Imo you are exaggerating a bit: What you are describing is specificity vs sensitivity [1] which I am fairly certain doctors get educated about pretty early on in their studies. Once you know about that your examples shouldn't be surprising to anyone.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity_and_specificity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitivity_and_specificity
- sarchertech 5y agoAny younger doctor has most certainly had sensitivity vs specificity hammered into them in med school. I remember reading studies about doctors not understanding the stats years ago, but my wife assures me that medical education has over corrected in the last decade or 2.