Specificity and Sensitivity

《英文msh詞典》Specificity and Sensitivity
[入口詞] Specificity and Sensitivity
[主題詞] Sensitivity and Specificity
[英文釋義] Measures for assessing the results of diagnostic and screening tests. Sensitivity represents the proportion of truly diseased persons in a screened population who are identified as being diseased by the test. It is a measure of the probability of correctly diagnosing a condition. Specificity is the proportion of truly nondiseased persons who are so identified by the screening test. It is a measure of the probability of correctly identifying a nondiseased person. (From Last,Dictionary of Epidemiology,2d ed)