Which of the following characteristics is not of much importance in a screening test a) Low cost b) High safety margin c) High sensitivity d) High specificity Correct
L-J chart (Levey–Jennings chart) is used for monitoring a) Accuracy b) Precision c) Sensitivity d) Specificity Correct answer : a) Accuracy and b) Precision
In which of the following disease, the overall survival is increased by screening procedure a) Prostate Ca b) Lung Cancer c) Colon Ca d) Ovarian Ca Correct answer
Thiamine deficiency is seen in all except a) Chronic diarrhoea b) Chronic alcoholism c) Homocystinemia d) Food faddist Correct answer : c) Homocystinemia
Which of the following is not an accepted method of randomization a) Computer drawn randomization b) Odd/even day hospital admission c) Lottery d) Random number table Correct answer
Best method to compare new test and gold standard test a) Correlation study b) Regressive study c) Bland and Altman analysis d) Kolmogorov-Smimov test Correct answer : c)
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