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Olympic athletes are tested to see if they are using illegal performance-enhancing drugs. suppose that urine samples are taken and analyzed and the rate of false positive results is 1%. suppose also that it is too expensive to refine the method to reduce the rate of false possible results. we do not want to accuse innocent people of using illegal drugs. what can you do to reduce the rate of false accusations even though the test always has a false positive rate of 1%. (select all that apply.)

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