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How is diagnostic specificity mathematically calculated using a 2x2 contingency table?
Options
A True Negatives / (True Negatives + False Positives)
Correct Answer
B True Positives / (True Positives + False Negatives)
C True Positives / (True Positives + False Positives)
D True Negatives / (True Negatives + False Negatives)
Correct Answer

Option A is the correct answer.

Detailed Explanation

Specificity is the proportion of non-diseased individuals correctly identified as negative, calculated as TN divided by total actual negatives (TN + FP).

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Course: BIO 201
Type: Objective
Difficulty: Not specified
Question 10 of 285
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