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Specificity vs Responsitivity - What's the difference?

specificity | responsitivity |

As nouns the difference between specificity and responsitivity

is that specificity is the state of being specific rather than general while responsitivity is (uncountable) the condition of being responsive.

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

    External links

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    responsitivity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being responsive
  • (countable) A measure of the degree to which something is responsive

    • Synonyms

    *responsivity