Exam 59: Laboratory Physical Design, Management, and Organization

The percentage of individuals who do not have the particular disease being tested and in whom negative test results are found is called

The ability of the test under study to match the results of a standard test commonly known as the "gold standard" is

The percentage of test results that are correctly identified by the test is called

The percentage of individuals with the particular disease for which the test is used in whom positive test results are found is called

A testing method that produces a result that reflects a true positive all of the time and reflects a false positive some of the time can be said to have

Performance of a new molecular procedure alongside the methodology known as the "gold standard" is validating which characteristic?

The percentage of true-negative test results based on the prevalence of the disease in the population studied is referred to as

Performance of a new procedure several times on the same sample and evaluating the range of test results would be validating which characteristic?

The percentage of true-positive test results based on the prevalence of the disease in the population studied is referred to as

The reproducibility of a test when it is run (repeated) several times is called