Exercise: forehead temperature, answer 4

Question 4: What is the evidence for their conclusion that 'Forehead temperature in excess of 35.6°C is suggestive of fever.'?

Suggested answer:

They are outside the normal range, but could still be normal. 2.5% of normal people are above this limit. So this conclusion is not supported by the data.

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