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Their definition of accuracy is 1-false_positive_rate. They were quite explicit about that.

• Dylan16807 5y ago
  No, they didn't say that was the definition in their one post. Their math shows that those are the same number, and they didn't elaborate on definitions. The least misleading definition of accuracy is that accuracy = 1-false_positive_rate = 1-false_negative_rate. So unless told otherwise, I will use that definition.
  • csee 5y ago
    Yes they did. They say it twice. I have italicised both places where they say it. "Let's say there is a terrible disease that 0.01% (1 in 10,000) of the population is infected with, and we develop a test that is 99% accurate. You go to the doctor and get a test. Oh no, it's positive. What are the chances that it's a false positive? Intuition would tell you 1% since the test is 99% accurate. Intuition, as it often is, is wrong. Take a sample size of 'x', we'll use 10,000. How many people will be infected? 1. How many false positives will there be? 1% * 10,000 = 100" Then they conclude by saying: "So there will be 100 false positives, and 1 real positive." The fact there is one real positive necessarily implies they are assuming the false negative rate is exactly 0, given that the disease prevalence is in 0.01 percent of the population.
    • Dylan16807 5y ago
      > The fact there is one real positive necessarily implies they are assuming the false negative rate is exactly 0, given that the disease prevalence is in 0.01 percent of the population. Or that they rounded .99 people to 1 person. And given that they did round the false positives, I don't see why that's a strange idea.