Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 2CTQ
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To determine: Whether a highly specific or highly sensitive diagnostic test should be preferred in the middle of a measles outbreak.
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“Specificity and sensitivity” are two statistical measures to determine the efficiency of a binary classification test. This test is used to identify whether an individual has a disease or not.
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