A New Portable Cholesterol-Measuring Device Is Being Developed for Use

A new portable cholesterol-measuring device is being developed for use in medically underserved communities.  During clinical trials of an early prototype, a patient's cholesterol level is found to be 200 mg/dL, 201 mg/dL, and 200 mg/dL on 3 separate measurements of the same blood sample.  Using the gold standard measurement method, the same sample is found to have a cholesterol level of 260 mg/dL.  Which of the following descriptions best characterizes the new cholesterol-measuring device?

A) High accuracy; high precision
B) High accuracy; low precision
C) High sensitivity; low specificity
D) Low accuracy; high precision
E) Low accuracy; low precision
F) Low sensitivity; high specificity

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