Abstract
Medical screening tasks are often difficult, visual searches with low target prevalence (low rates of disease). Under laboratory conditions, when targets are rare, nonexpert searchers show decreases in false-positive results and increases in false-negative results compared with results when targets are common. This prevalence effect is not due to vigilance failures or target unfamiliarity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1557-1560 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine |
Volume | 135 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2011 |
Keywords
- Boston
- False Negative Reactions
- Female
- Humans
- Mass Screening
- Prevalence
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- Vaginal Smears
- Wales