Purchase Solution

Attack ratio and Positive predictive value

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

I am having diffiuculty with 2 questions.

1. Does specificity, or prevalence have a greater effect on positive predicitve values (PPV)?

2. 200 people at a dinner. 122 people get sick. 150 (of the 200) had ice cream- 118 got sick,

while- 50 (of the 200) had pie- 4 got sick.

Which desert was responsible for the illness, and why?

I used the ATTACK RATIO, to determine that the ice cream casued people to get sick

AR(ice cream)= 79%, AR (pie)= 8%. Am I correct and how do I wrtie why?

Purchase this Solution

Solution Summary

The attack ratio and positive predicted values are examined.

Solution Preview

(1). Prevalence will have a greater effect on positive predictive values. The prevalence of a test is much lower so the predictive value of a positive test will also be lower. As ...

Purchase this Solution


Free BrainMass Quizzes
Change and Resistance within Organizations

This quiz intended to help students understand change and resistance in organizations

MS Word 2010-Tricky Features

These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.

Introduction to Finance

This quiz test introductory finance topics.

Team Development Strategies

This quiz will assess your knowledge of team-building processes, learning styles, and leadership methods. Team development is essential to creating and maintaining high performing teams.

Learning Lean

This quiz will help you understand the basic concepts of Lean.