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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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Author:Amos Gilat

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Specificity measures the likelihood of a test being negative given someone does not have the disease. Articulate what the specificity would tell us in context to screening passengers in an airport.

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The specificity of test basically measures the chances of test shows negative result provided there is no disease. In other words, if the person has no disease then what are the chances of test showing a negative result, is measured by specificity.

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