Specificity

is the probability that a test correctly classifies individuals without preclinical disease as negative. Specificity is also expressed as a percetage: The number of individuals without preclinical disease who test negative is in the numerator, and the total number of individuals without preclinical disease is in the denominator.

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Authors Aschengrau, A., & Seage, G. R.
ISBN 978-1284028911
PublicationTitle Essentials of epidemiology in public health
PublicationType Edited Book
PublicationYear 2013
Publisher Jones & Bartlett Publishers
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Category Data processing and analysis
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Provided by: EJP NOVA project
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Last Updated 29 April 2020, 02:17 (CEST)
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