Talk:Sensitivity and specificity

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[edit] Merger proposal

I don't believe I can be the only person who thinks it would be better to have a single page for sensitivity and specificity than separate pages for Sensitivity (tests) and Specificity (tests). At present Sensitivity and specificity is a redirect to Binary classification. One section of that, Binary classification#Evaluation of binary classifiers is covering the same ground again. One possibility would be to locate the merged page here at Sensitivity and specificity, replacing the redirect. Binary classification#Evaluation of binary classifiers could then have a "main article on this topic: ..." link to here too. Thoughts? --Qwfp (talk) 08:28, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I've just realised (thanks to WhatamIdoing) that Test sensitivity should also be included in this discussion. (There's no corresponding test specificity article thank goodness.) --Qwfp (talk) 08:55, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree with merging the two articles as the interpretation of one of them needs the other one also. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.249.193.252 (talk) 04:36, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

I also agree with merging the discussed articles, i think one should know things about both values. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.37.10.99 (talk) 15:28, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I also agree with the proposal. Most of the times these two notions are taught, calculated and used as a pair.--[16:36, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I concur. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.88.232.43 (talk) 17:54, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

When describing medical diagnostic tests, sensitivity and specificity always appear as a pair. I am all for merging the two articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.238.106 (talk) 01:04, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to go one step further and say that it doesn't make sense to talk about either of sensitivity or specifity without the other. Why make it hard on the user by cross-referencing them instead of just putting them together? -- Jon Miller —Preceding comment added by Sighthndman (talk) 16:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I absolutely agree with the previous comments. It does not make sense to talk about one without the other. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.153.57.100 (talk) 18:07, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Make it so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.117.152.201 (talk) 18:37, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes I completely agree —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.78.213.56 (talk) 15:03, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, merging done! Still needs a bit of work though. For the old talk pages, see Talk:Sensitivity (tests) and Talk:Specificity (tests). -3mta3 (talk) 11:55, 12 June 2008 (UTC)