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Who defines “99% accurate”? Couldn’t it mean zero false positives and 1/100 positives missed? Couldn’t it also alternatively be defined as 99% accurate for a
by WhitneyLand 5y ago
Who defines “99% accurate”? Couldn’t it mean zero false positives and 1/100 positives missed?
Couldn’t it also alternatively be defined as 99% accurate for a given person?
Maybe there are reasons/conventions it is always as you originally describe, but if that’s the case wouldn’t it be more about poor communication to the public than a paradox?
- dundarious 5y agoI think it’s correct that “99% accurate” here means “99% true positive and 1% false positive”. Agreed that “accurate” is ironically an awfully imprecise word to use. As for why it is the case, I presume it is just the usual focus on counting your hits and not on your misses.