Experimental Flashcards
1
Q
What is the definition of sensitivity?
A
Thenumber of patients who are correctly diagnosed as positive for the target disease out of the total number of people that have the disease
2
Q
What is the definition of specificity?
A
The number of people that are correctly diagnosed as negative for the target disease out of the total number of people that don’t have the disease
3
Q
How do you calculate specificity?
A
TN/(TN+FP)
4
Q
How do you calculate sensitivity?
A
TP(TP+FN)
