Specificity of a screening test measures -
Ans. is 'd' i.e. True negatives Repeat from May 06Sensitivity is the ability of test to identify correctly all those who have the disease, i.e. 'true positives'.Specificity is the ability of a test to identify correctly those who do not have the disease, i.e. 'true negatives'.
Screening for Disease
True positives
False positives
False negatives
True negatives
True negatives