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SENSITIVITY

Prevalence

P(D)

Probability of a disease or fraction of the population

with the disease

Sensitivity

P(+|D) = TP/ (FN+TP)

Probability of a positive test given the individual has

the disease

How often will the test correctly diagnose an individual

with the disease

This is the fraction of TRUE POSITIVES