abstract Abstract The false positive rate of a diagnostic or screening test is defined, and its clinical implications are discussed. An alternative use of the term “specificity” in factor analysis is also mentioned.
keywords 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies 4.2 Evaluation of markers and technologies 4.4 Population screening 52 Psychology 5203 Clinical and Health Psychology Clinical Research
