Important Concepts in Quality Control: Sensitivity

Sensitivity Example: Calculations (2)

  • The tried-and-true method also had 600 true positives but had 50 false negatives.
  • Once again inserting these numbers into our equation, (600 รท (600 + 50)) x 100, we find that the tried-and-true method has a sensitivity of 92%.

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