04-17-2020, 09:05 AM
A very sensitive test is one that will capture all the people who had the disease. An 80% sensitive test means that for every 5 negatives, one of those patients actually had the disease but has a negative result, though you can't say which of those 5 results is incorrect.
A very specific test is one that will not be positive if you did not have the disease. So a 99% specific test means that 1 out of a hundred people who were told they had the disease, actually did not have it.
Hope this answers your question. I would like to read the paper to see how they arrived at those numbers.
A very specific test is one that will not be positive if you did not have the disease. So a 99% specific test means that 1 out of a hundred people who were told they had the disease, actually did not have it.
Hope this answers your question. I would like to read the paper to see how they arrived at those numbers.