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When Supreme Court Justice Blackmun heard that the prediction of violence is wrong 2 out of 3 times, he concluded that predicting violence using a coin flip would be more accurate. Why was he wrong?
A) The coin flip is random, not based on clinical judgment.
B) The base rate of violence is much lower than 50%.
C) The sensitivity of a coin flip is above 50%.
D) The specificity of a coin flip is above 50%.
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