SensitivityandSpecificityLecture(#2forweek).docVIP

Sensitivity and Specificity Scientific questions that require or are made easier to answer by binary tests Diagnosis of disease in a clinical setting Screening individuals to identify those who might need further testing to determine disease status Surveillance for Cancer and other diseases Infectious disease outbreaks Bioterror agents Identifying sequence characteristics across the genome Quantitative characteristics of tests Classification accuracy: How well does the test do at classifying those who have disease and those who don’t? Predictive accuracy: How wel