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Explain How the Sensitivity and Specificity of a Laboratory Test

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Explain how the sensitivity and specificity of a laboratory test can be used to screen and confirm a differential diagnosis of anemia.


Definitions:

Accuracy

The degree to which the result of a measurement, calculation, or specification conforms to the correct value or a standard.

Precision

The degree to which repeated measurements under unchanged conditions show the same results.

Precise

Referring to the closeness of two or more measurements to each other, showing little variance when repeated.

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