Specificity is the proportion of subjects without the disease or condition who have a negative test for the disease.

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Specificity is the proportion of subjects without the disease or condition who have a negative test for the disease.​

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Specificity refers to the ability of a test to correctly identify individuals without a disease or condition as negative. Therefore, the statement that specificity is the proportion of subjects without the disease or condition who have a negative test for the disease is true.

Specificity Is the Proportion of Subjects Without the Disease or Condition