Question

State whether the following statements are True or False. Give reason in support of your answer:

(a) The value of sensitivity of the following results of a diagnostic test is 0.85. 

Disease Test result Total
+ -
Present 170 30 200
Absent 20 280 300


(b) For the following cohort study, the relative risk for the lung cancer among smokers is 3.5.

  Lung
Cancer
No Lung
Cancer
Totel
Smokers 100 1220 1320
Non-smokers 50 2260 2310

(c) The logit link function is log \left [ -log(1-\pi ) \right ],
(d) We define three indicator/dummy variables for a regressor variable with three categories.
(e) Left censoring occurs whenever the exact time of occurrence of an event is not known.

08 Mar 2024
Answer :
Word Count : 170

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