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The measures used in the evaluation of the clinical accuracy of a diagnostic test, applied to nondiseased and diseased populations, can be calculated as functions of the sensitivity and the specificity of the test, as well as the prevalence of the disease. Sensitivity is the fraction of the diseased population with a positive test result, while specificity is the fraction of the nondiseased population with a negative test result. Prevalence of the disease is the ratio of the diseased population to the total (nondiseased and diseased) population. If we denote by the sensitivity, the specificity, and the prevalence, we have:

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