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Generalizability vs Specificity - What's the difference?

generalizability | specificity |

As nouns the difference between generalizability and specificity

is that generalizability is the quality of being generalizable while specificity is the state of being specific rather than general.

generalizability

English

Alternative forms

* generalisability (non-Oxford British spelling)

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of being generalizable.

    • Related terms

    * general * generalize * generation * generic * genus

    specificity

    English

    Noun

    (specificities)
  • The state of being specific rather than general.
  • (statistics) The probability, in a binary test, of a true negative being correctly identified.
  • (medicine) The extent to which a particular diagnostic test is specific for a given condition.

    • Synonyms

    * specificness (much less common)

    Antonyms

    * genericity

    Coordinate terms

    * (sense) sensitivity

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