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Ability of the method to maintain accuracy and precision over an extended period of time.

Ability of a method to detect only the analyte it is designed to determine; ability of a method to measure only the analyte of interest.

Ability of a test to correctly identify the proportion of individuals without the disease. CONFIRMATORY TEST requires high specificity to be certain of the diagnosis.

Ability of a test to detect proportion of individual with the disease. SCREENING TEST require high sensitivity so that no case is missed

how close the answer is to the “true” value

Ability of a method to detect small quantities of an analyte.

Essential for daily monitoring of accuracy and precision

Errors encountered in the collection, preparation and measurement of samples, including transcription and releasing of laboratory results.

Science of gathering, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data

measure of the closeness of the results obtained when analysis is repeated