Sensitivity and specificity — are statistical measures of the performance of a binary classification test. The sensitivity or the recall rate measures the proportion of actual positives which are correctly identified as such (i.e. the percentage of sick people who are… … Wikipedia
sensitivity analysis — sensitivity test, sensitivity analysis A single variant test to see how dependent a forecast, projection or stress test outcome is upon a single, selected variable or assumption. For example, a bank AL manager might perform a sensitivity analysis … Financial and business terms
antimicrobial sensitivity test — antimicrobial susceptibility test any of numerous tests of how susceptible bacteria are to antimicrobial agents; the bacteria are classified as either sensitive or susceptible, indeterminate or intermediate, or resistant. Called also antibiotic… … Medical dictionary
antibiotic sensitivity test — antibiotic susceptibility test antimicrobial susceptibility t … Medical dictionary
insulin sensitivity test — (for differentiation of diabetes mellitus from pituitary and adrenal diabetes) a test dose of exogenous insulin will produce a rapid and marked decrease in blood glucose levels if the pancreas is not secreting enough insulin. A much less dramatic … Medical dictionary
Sensitivity analysis — (SA) is the study of how the variation (uncertainty) in the output of a mathematical model can be apportioned, qualitatively or quantitatively, to different sources of variation in the input of a model Saltelli, A., Ratto, M., Andres, T.,… … Wikipedia
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
sensitivity — 1. The ability to appreciate by one or more of the senses. 2. State of being sensitive. SYN: esthesia (2). 3. In clinical pathology and medical screening, the proportion of affected individuals who give a positive test result for the … Medical dictionary
sensitivity — When referring to a medical test, sensitivity refers to the percentage of people who test positive for a specific disease among a group of people who have the disease. No test has 100% sensitivity because some people who have the disease will… … English dictionary of cancer terms
sensitivity — n. 1) (in microbiology) the degree to which a disease causing organism responds to treatment by antibiotics or other drugs. 2) (in preventive medicine) a measure of the reliability of a screening test based on the proportion of people with a… … The new mediacal dictionary
