For the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) needed a screening test to correctly identify athletes who used illegal performance-enhancing drugs. The Olympic athletes needed a test to correctly identify those athletes who did not use illegal drugs. Which of the following best describes the screening test characteristics of greatest importance to both the IOC and Olympic athletes?
Group of answer choices
a. High specificity for the IOC; high sensitivity for Olympic athletes
b. High specificity for the IOC; high negative predictive value for Olympic athletes
c. High positive predictive value for the IOC; high sensitivity for Olympic athletes
d. High sensitivity for the IOC; high specificity for Olympic athletes
option D is correct
d. High sensitivity for the IOC; high specificity for Olympic athletes
(since sensitivity is ability to detect one who uses, and specificity is ability to detect who has not)
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