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Diagnostic Test: Critical Appraisal – Part 2 (Interpreting Results)

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Tests with Positive/Negative Results: In the dichotomous situation, we usually use two measures of validity (sensitivity and specificity). You can use only likelihood ratio (see later). Validity refers to the degree of correctness of results. ‘Sensitivity’ and ‘specificity’ are measures of validity.

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Prasad, K. (2014). Diagnostic Test: Critical Appraisal – Part 2 (Interpreting Results). In: Fundamentals of Evidence Based Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0831-0_9

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