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Choose the correct definition. Group of answer choices Sensitivity refers to the probability that a test correctly classifies as positive individuals who have preclinical disease. Sensitivity refers to the probability that a test correctly classifies individuals without preclinical disease as negative Specificity refers to the probability that a test correctly classifies individuals with preclinical disease as positive Specificity refers to the probability that a test correctly classifies as positive individuals who have preclinical disease.

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the probability that a test correctly classifies as positive individuals who have preclinical disease

Explanation:

Sensitivity represents the true positive percentage

Lets take an example if there is 90% sensitivity that means there are 90% people who have the target disease considered the test positive

So according to the given options, it is the probability in which if the test is done in a correct manner so this means that the positive individuals have the preclinical disease

Therefore the first option is correct

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