Have you heard of a confounding variable? Let’s go over it! When you are looking at the relationship between two things there is an independent variable and a dependent variable. Independent: the variable you are adjusting or controlling in the study. This variable presumably has an effect on the dependent variable and you want toContinue reading “Confounding Variables”
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False Negatives and False Positives
False Negatives (-) and False Positives (+)! Any detection test (viral, hormone, antibody, etc.) has a limit of detection which defines how sensitive it is, and an inherent specificity which determines how much it will pick up antigens similar to, but not, the target. A more sensitive test will result in fewer false negatives -theContinue reading “False Negatives and False Positives”