Search. Also known as an accessory tragus or a branchial cleft remnant, ear tags are usually located in front of the ear or on the cheek, and consist of skin and cartilage. Many tags have a narrow stalk (a pedunculated tag), and some pediatricians may tie a string around the tag to intentionally âstrangleâ it.
Validity. The extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to measure. All tests are designed to measure something; hopefully something specific. If the test does indeed measure what it is intended to measure, then we can say that the test is --------.plit-Half Reliability. A measure of consistency where a test is split in two and the scores for each half of the test is compared with one another. If the test is consistent it leads the experimenter to believe that it is most likely measuring the same thing.
When a diagnostic test is performed in the medical laboratory, the outcome of the test is a result. The result may be a patient result or it may be a quality control (QC) result. The result may be quantitative (a number) or qualitative (positive or negative) or semi-quantitative (limited to a few different values).ssay, vt., to analyze or measure a sample of a specimen to determine the amount, activity, or potency of a specific analyte or substance. Assay range n. the upper and lower limits of the amount, activity, potency of a specific analyte between which measurement is possible.