26.26 Sensitivity and specificity

26.26.1 TSA and Airport Security

• the probability of a positive test given the presence of condition

Loaded gun slips through airport security. Scott Hinkle, 53, of Davis, West Virginia, went through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport about 7:30 a.m. Sunday, an airport spokeswoman said. (CNN January 23, 2008)

(TSA sensitivity unknown – do you feel safe?)