For a screening test, 90% specificity means that 90% of non diseased persons will give a –
Correct Answer: True negative result
Description: a 90% specificity means that 90%of the non diseased persons will give "true negative result",10% of non diseased people screened by the test will be wrongly classified as &;;diseased" when they are not. ref:park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine,22nd edition,pg no 131
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