9) Refer to the table which summarizes the results of testing for a certain disease.
Positive Test Negative Test
Result Result
Subject has the disease
Subject does not have the disease
111
11
4
172
one of the results is randomly selected, what is the probability that it is a false negative (test
indicates the person does not have the disease when in fact they do)? What does this probability
suggest about the accuracy of the test?
A) 0.591, The probability of this error is high so the test is not very accurate.
B) 0.0348, The probability of this error is low so the test is fairly accurate.
C) 0.0134; The probability of this error is low so the test is fairly accurate.
D) 0.0369; The probability of this error is low so the test is fairly accurate.