Clinical use of correlated symptoms
How interpret consistent results?
- If both positive, or both negative, people overadjust probabilities (as does Bayes’ theorem)
- At the extreme: Would you believe a second copy of the newspaper if you were not convinced by the first?
How interpret conflicting results?
- Test A positive, Test B negative
This talk will present a solution for the case of 2 correlated signs, symptoms, or tests.