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Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
Specificity is the ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #PositivePredictiveValue ... #NegativePredictiveValue ... NPV #Formulas #Statistics
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
Important Biostatistics ... disease present Specificity ... Sensitivity) / Specificity ... = Rule IN #Biostatistics ... #statistics #Epidemiology
Positive Predictive Value Calculation - Probability that someone with a positive test actually has the disease

Positive
with a positive test ... Positives #PositivePredictiveValue ... #PPV #Biostatistics ... #statistics #Epidemiology
Negative Predictive Value Calculation - Probability that someone with a negative test truly does not have
with a negative test ... Negatives #NegativePredictiveValue ... #NPV #Biostatistics ... #statistics #Epidemiology
Specificity Calculation - Probability that a test correctly identifies those without the disease (true negative rate)

Specificity
Specificity Calculation ... Probability that a test ... TN / (FP + TN) Specificity ... #Biostatistics ... #statistics #Epidemiology
Sensitivity Specificity False-Positive False-Negative Contingency Table / confusion matrix

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
Sensitivity Specificity ... Specificity of a ... test is the proportion ... disease, who will test ... ConfusionMatrix #Biostatistics
TYPE I & TYPE II ERRORS 

SENSITIVITY & SPECIFICITY = SNOUT & SPIN 
Sensitive Tests that
SENSITIVITY & SPECIFICITY ... SPIN Sensitive Tests ... Disease Specific Tests ... Type2 #Errors #Biostatistics
Sensitivity Calculation - Probability that a test correctly identifies those with the disease (true positive rate)

Sensitivity
Probability that a test ... #sensitivity #Biostatistics ... #statistics #Epidemiology
It's eye-opening to realize how many tests with reasonable-appearing sensitivity or specificity will end up being
realize how many tests ... sensitivity or specificity ... despite having a specificity ... #Diagnosis #Statistics ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics ... disease who test ... Specificity (rule ... FN) Higher specificity ... #Epidemiology #Biostatistics