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. 2016 Aug 20;2016(1):niw011. doi: 10.1093/nc/niw011

Table 1.

Standard formulae for estimating diagnostic accuracy

Test outcome Positive result on gold standard Negative result on gold standard
Positive result on novel test True positive False positive
Negative result on novel test False negative True negative
Calculations Sensitivity = nTP/(nTP + nFN) Specificity = nTN/(nTN + nFP)