Sensitivity vs. Specificity

Sensitivitynoun

The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness.

Sensitivitynoun

The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli.

Sensitivitynoun

(statistics) The proportion of individuals in a population that will be correctly identified in a binary classification test.

Sensitivitynoun

(electronics) The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal.

Sensitivitynoun

(photography) The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength.

Sensitivitynoun

The quality or state of being sensitive; - used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

Sensitivitynoun

(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli;

Sensitivitynoun

the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences;

Sensitivitynoun

sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

Sensitivitynoun

susceptibility to a pathogen

Sensitivitynoun

the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

Specificitynoun

The state of being specific rather than general.

Specificitynoun

The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus:

Specificitynoun

(statistics) The probability, in a binary test, of a true negative being correctly identified.

Specificitynoun

(medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for, or a symptom or sign is specific to, a given condition.

Specificitynoun

the quality of being specific rather than general;

Specificitynoun

the quality of being specific to a particular organism;