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Which Best Describes Specificity

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Which best describes specificity?


A) A false-negative result has a negative test result even though the disease or characteristic is absent.
B) A high number of false-negative results would produce a high specificity.
C) Specificity is the ability of a measurement to identify individuals who have negative results or who do not have the characteristic.
D) Specificity is the ability of a measurement to identify individuals who have positive results or who have the characteristic that is being measured,

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