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Sensitivity and specificity

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In medicine and statistics, sensitivity and specificity mathematically describe the accuracy of a test that reports the presence or absence of a medical condition. If individuals who have the condition are considered "positive" and those who do not are considered "negative", then sensitivity is a measure of how well a test can identify true positives and specificity is a measure of how well a test can identify true negatives:

Sensitivity and specificity - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Statistical measure of a binary classification Sensitivity and specificity - The left half of the image with the solid dots represents individuals who have the condition, while the right half of the image with the hollow dots represents individuals who do not have the condition. The circle represents all individuals who tested positive. In medicine and statistics , sensitivity and specificity mathematically describe the accuracy of a test that reports the presence or absence of a medical condition. If

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