Specificity vs. Selectivity

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;

Selectivitynoun

The quality of being selective, or extent to which something is selective.

Selectivitynoun

The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others.

Selectivitynoun

(chemistry) Discrimination of a reactant towards a choice of other reactants; the ratio of rate constants for different reactants.

Selectivitynoun

An approach to social work that prioritizes people perceived as having the most need for assistance.

Selectivitynoun

the property of being selective