A radiologist is using an MRI to determine whether a tumor detected in a patient is malignant, but the results are ambiguous. Deciding that the danger of missing a true malignancy is greater than the upset caused by what might be a false positive diagnosis, the radiologist reports that the tumor is probably malignant and refers the patient to a specialist for further evaluation and treatment. In
this example,
a. the radiologist has adopted a neutral decision criterion.
b. the radiologist has adopted a conservative decision criterion.
c. the radiologist has adopted a liberal decision criterion.
d. the radiologist's decision criterion will depend on whether the tumor is later found to be malignant.
C
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