Diagnostic sensitivity
quantifies the proportion of people who test positive among those who are truly sick.
symbols, variables and units
TP: number of true positives; FN: number of false negatives; proportion is dimensionless.
applicable conditions and boundaries
requires reliable reference standards and representative samples; does not equal positive predictive value.
formula source code
The following is a copyable LaTeX expression.
\mathrm{Sensitivity}=\frac{TP}{TP+FN}Reference and Extended Learning
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