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Objective: The purpose of this project is to give you meaningful ways to think about how numbers are used to provide information as well as how they can be misunderstood or misused in ways that lead to confusion.

You will select a medical test that is routinely used to diagnose a disease or a disorder in individuals and then explore how outcomes of the testing may be misleading.

Answer the following questions:

1.       What is the medical test you are researching and what disease or condition is this test used for diagnosing?

2.       For your chosen test, what would the following results mean?

a.       False Positive

b.       True Positive

c.       False Negative

d.       True Negative

3.       Using a reliable source, find the following rates:

a.       False Positive

b.       True Positive

c.       False Negative 

d.       True Negative

4.       Cite your source. How do you know that the source is reliable?

5.       Assume that 1,000 people have taken this particular test.  Duplicate the chart below in your report and fill in cell a through i based on your findings in question 4.

6.       What can you say about the people that fall into cell b? What are some possible implications?

7.       What about those in that fall into cell d? What are some possible implications?

8.       Based on your findings, would you feel comfortable taking this exam?  How would you feel about the accuracy of your results?