Sensitivity and specificity are important criteria for screening and diagnostic instruments. What is specificity?

Sensitivity and specificity are important criteria for screening and diagnostic instruments. What is specificity?

 

Sensitivity and specificity are important criteria for screening and diagnostic instruments. What is specificity? [ONE POINT]

A) Different method of measuring the same attributes yielding similar results
B) Ability to differentiate the construct being measured from other similar concepts
C) Instrument’s ability to identify a case correctly
D) Instrument’s ability to identify non-cases correctly.