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Sensitivity and specificity values alone may be highly misleading. The 'worst-case' sensitivity or specificity must be calculated in order to avoid reliance on experiments with few results. For example, a particular test may easily show 100% sensitivity if tested against the gold standard four times, but a single additional test against the ...
The former leads predominantly to a specific noun phrase. The latter can be either specific or non-specific. [1] I'm looking for the manager, Ms Lee. [definite, specific] I'm looking for the manager, whoever that may be. [definite, non-specific] There's a certain word that I can never remember. [indefinite, specific] Think of a word, any word.
Subject headings tend to be broader in scope describing whole books, while thesauri tend to be more specialized covering very specific disciplines. Because of the card catalog system, subject headings tend to have terms that are in indirect order (though with the rise of automated systems this is being removed), while thesaurus terms are always ...
Postscript: IMHO: 'sensitivity' and 'specificity' are both VERY BAD 'misnomers' that serve confusion rather then clarity. The more accurate description of each would be 'True-Positive-Rate', 'True-Neg-Rate' respectively; alas, the terms 'sensitivity' and 'specificity' seem poor colloquials that have long served to confuse and mislead.
Chaz Lanier scored 29 points to lead No. 1 Tennessee over No. 23 Arkansas 76-52 on Saturday and tie for the best start to a season in program history. The Volunteers (14-0, 1-0 Southeastern ...
Tamin Lipsey scored a season-high 20 points and No. 3 Iowa State extended its winning streak to seven games with a 99-72 win over Morgan State on Sunday. Lipsey, an Ames native, scored 12 out of ...
The benefits of walking abound—improving heart health, sleep quality, and mood are just a few of the many pros of going for a stroll. Now, new research has found that walking could add over 10 ...
Context-sensitive grammar, a formal grammar in which the left-hand sides and right-hand sides of any production rules may be surrounded by a context of terminal and nonterminal symbols; Context-sensitive language, a formal language that can be defined by a context-sensitive grammar (and equivalently by a noncontracting grammar). Context ...