The positive predictive value, or the probability of having the disease given a positive test result (), is calculated by dividing the probability of a true positive by the total probability of a positive result. The total probability of a positive result includes both true positives and false positives.
Conditions: Prevalence .; Sensitivity .; False positive rate .; The events are mutually exclusive and exhaustive for the disease status.
The positive predictive value, or the probability of having the disease given a positive test result (), is calculated by dividing the probability of a true positive by the total probability of a positive result. The total probability of a positive result includes both true positives and false positives.
Conditions: Prevalence .; Sensitivity .; False positive rate .; The events are mutually exclusive and exhaustive for the disease status.