The proportion of individuals in the sample with the disease or condition who have a positive test for the disease or condition is referred to as
A) reliability.
B) sensitivity.
C) specificity.
D) validity.

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Sensitivity refers to the proportion of true positives among those who have the disease or condition. It is a measure of how well a test correctly identifies individuals with the disease or condition. Reliability refers to the consistency of a test, specificity refers to the proportion of true negatives among those without the disease or condition, and validity refers to the overall accuracy of a test in correctly identifying individuals with and without the disease or condition.

The Proportion of Individuals in the Sample with the Disease