[Verified Answer]: A colon cancer screening study is being…

A colon cancer screening study is being conducted in Birmingham, England. Individuals 50 to 75 years old will be screened with the Hemoccult test, a stool sample is tested for the presence of blood. 38. The Hemoccult test has a sensitivity of 75% and a specificity of 85%. If Birmingham has a prevalence of 12 per 1,000 for colon cancer, what is the negative predictive value? a. 5.7% b. 17.6% c. 50.0% d. 94.3% e. 99.6%