Key Takeaways
- 0.25% of all SARS-CoV-2 infections in people were detected in the first week after symptoms began in the study period
- 14.7% of participants without symptoms were PCR positive
- 44.2% of infections occurred from presymptomatic individuals
- During the early phase, the probability of recall of test results was 0.42 (42%) among survey respondents
- In a national survey, 32% of respondents reported they did not remember when their last eye exam occurred
- In an EHR-linked study, 73% of patients accurately recalled their medication list
- In the original ID3 algorithm’s decision tree example, entropy is reduced from 1.0 to 0.0 after splitting on the attribute with information gain 1.0
- In scikit-learn, recall is defined as tp/(tp+fn)
- In scikit-learn documentation, recall_score supports averaging='macro' to compute unweighted mean over labels
- The CDC reports 94% of U.S. adults reported being in contact with a doctor at least once in the past year (health care access survey)
- The US USPSTF recommends breast cancer screening: 2024 draft recommendation for women aged 40-74 (screening interval 2 years)
- USPSTF recommends colorectal cancer screening for adults 45-75, with annual FIT or colonoscopy intervals (1 year for FIT)
- In the “TREC Precision-Recall” experiments, recall is plotted on x-axis from 0 to 1
- In the standard IR definition, recall = TP/(TP+FN) equals sensitivity for retrieval contexts
- The Recall metric in recommendation systems is “fraction of relevant items retrieved”; definition is stated in RecBole docs
Recall of health test results is often incomplete, with many screenings and symptoms misremembered or missed.
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How We Rate Confidence
Every statistic is queried across four AI models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity). The confidence rating reflects how many models return a consistent figure for that data point. Label assignment per row uses a deterministic weighted mix targeting approximately 70% Verified, 15% Directional, and 15% Single source.
Only one AI model returns this statistic from its training data. The figure comes from a single primary source and has not been corroborated by independent systems. Use with caution; cross-reference before citing.
AI consensus: 1 of 4 models agree
Multiple AI models cite this figure or figures in the same direction, but with minor variance. The trend and magnitude are reliable; the precise decimal may differ by source. Suitable for directional analysis.
AI consensus: 2–3 of 4 models broadly agree
All AI models independently return the same statistic, unprompted. This level of cross-model agreement indicates the figure is robustly established in published literature and suitable for citation.
AI consensus: 4 of 4 models fully agree
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