A tendency for a procedure to give a false-positive result for a certain drug is a failure of __________.

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Specificity is the ability of a test to accurately identify those without the condition being tested for. In this case, if a procedure gives a false-positive result for a certain drug, it means that the test is not specific enough and is identifying people as positive for the drug when they are actually negative.

A Tendency for a Procedure to Give a False-Positive Result