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Understanding sensitivity and specificity with the right side of the brain
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Can you explain why a test with 95% sensitivity might identify only 1% of affected people in the general population? The visual approach in this article should make the reason clearer
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- Authors
- Loong, T.-W.
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2003-09-25
- Volume
- 327
- Issue
- 7417
- Pages
- 716-719
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- OpenAlex
- W2005099000
- Cited by
- 347
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 6.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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