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sensitivity  

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  • Sensitivity is one of four related statistics used to describe the accuracy of an instrument for making a dichotomous classification (i.e., positive or negative test outcome). Of these four statistics, sensitivity is defined as the probability of correctly identifying some condition or disease state. [Source: Encyclopedia of Research Design; Sensitivity]

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