In the context of disease detection and testing, what does the term “specificity” refer to?
a. The number of tests it takes to identify diseased individuals
b. The proportion of truly positive individuals that are identified as diseased
c. The proportion of truly negative individuals who are identified as disease free
d. The proportion negative individuals that are falsely identified as diseased
Ans: c
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