Sensitivity and Specificity

Walter W. Piegorsch

doi:10.1002/9780470057339.vas016

Sensitivity and Specificity

Walter W. Piegorsch

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A brief introduction is given on the use of the terms ‘sensitivity’ and ‘specificity’ in environmental applications. Emphasis is directed at diagnostic testing/screening, where the terms delineate forms of true positive and true negative rates of the diagnostic outcomes.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Environmetrics
Publisher	Wiley
Pages	1
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780470057339
ISBN (Print)	9780471899976
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470057339.vas016
State	Published - Jan 1 2006

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