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A test for a rare illness has sensitivity 0.94 and specificity 0.94. A student says, 'If I test positive, I am ill with probability 94%, because the test is 94% accurate.' Which reply is best?

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A test for a rare illness has sensitivity $0.94$ and specificity $0.94$ . A student says, 'If I test positive, I am ill with probability $94\%$ , because the test is $94\%$ accurate.' Which reply is best?

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