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| how closely a given observation agrees with "the true state of affairs" or the best possible measure of reality |
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| indicates how well repeated measurements of the same relatively stable phenomenon will give the same result |
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| identifies the proportion of people who test positive in a group of people known to have the disease. Good observations have a sensitivity of > 90%, and help to rule out a disease because there are few false negatives "SnNout" |
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| roup of people who test negative in a group of people known to be without disease, "true negatives" helps to "rule in" disease "spPin" |
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| proportion of sampled individuals possessing the condition at a given time |
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| proportion of individuals who develop a condition over a defined amount of time. Takes into account new cases only; a measure of risk becoming a case over a certain time period |
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