Evaluation & Reliability

Specificity

The fraction of actual negative cases correctly predicted negative: TN divided by TN plus FP. It measures avoiding false alarms among negatives, not finding positive cases. A high value can coexist with poor detection of positives.

Also called: True negative rate

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