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    how to figure percentage of false positive error rate

    the sensitivity is 44.3%, the specificity is 99.0%.  the prevalence is 1.5%. the cell table: A=66, B=99,C=84 and d=9752. The sample size is 10,000 (150+9850,respectfully)

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      Calculating percentage of false positive error rate: False positive rate = Sensitivity / (1-Specificity).
      Additional information can be found in the following link:
      http://www.medcalc.org/manual/roc-curves.php

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