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By: Eric Alan Common & Kathleen Lynne Lane
In:The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506326139
Subject:Special & Inclusive Education (general), Emotional Intelligence
Keywords:sensitivity and specificity; testing

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Specificity refers to a test’s accuracy at identifying those who do not have a condition or characteristic. It is the proportion of truly not at-risk or without condition (e.g., trait, disease, classification, ...

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  Common, Eric Alan, and Kathleen Lynne Lane. "Specificity." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation, . Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2018. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506326139.
  
  Common, E. and Lane, K. 2018. Specificity. In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. Available at: <https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506326139> [Accessed 30 Nov 2023].
  
  Common, Eric Alan and Kathleen Lynne Lane. "Specificity." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. Vol. 4. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2018, pp. . Sage Knowledge, doi: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781506326139.
  
  Common, Eric Alan, and Kathleen Lynne Lane. Specificity. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. Vol. 4. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2018: -. doi:10.4135/9781506326139
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