research

Question 1

specificity

Answer 1

Ability to correctly identify those WITHOUT the disease → true negative
Minimizes false positives (people without the disease that test positive)
High specificity is good for “confirmatory” tests because of lower rate false positives
The closer specificity and sensitivity are to 100%, the better the test

Question 2

Independent variable

Answer 2

The condition or aspect of the experiment that you control and changes to see the effects on the outcome
Usually mentioned first in the research question/title
WHAT YOU ARE TESTING

Question 3

Dependent variable

Answer 3

the outcome of the experiment that you measure, depends on what you do with the independent variable
WHAT YOU ARE OBSERVING/MEASURING AS A RESULT