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Medicine, 11.05.2021 15:40 nickboy52210

80 volunteers take a meningitis test to help doctors see how accurate this test is at identifying whether someone has meningitis or not. A positive result means the test has identified you as having meningitis. Of the volunteers, only 16 people have meningitis. The results show 2 people who have meningitis gets a negative result and 2 people who don't have meningitis get a positive result. What was the accuracy of the test?

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