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biofoxlast Thursday at 1:58 PM1 replyview on HN

I work in biomed. Every textbook on epidemiology or medical statistics that I've picked up has had a section on Bayes, so I'm not inclined to believe this.


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robrenaudlast Thursday at 5:12 PM

Here is research about doctors interpreting test results. It seems to favor GP's view that many doctors struggle to weigh test specificity and sensitivity vs disease base rate.

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/5/7/e008155.full.pdf