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| the material being diluted |
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| the percentage of time in which there is a true negative test result by the number of total true negatives when the total negatives equal tested true negatives plus false positives |
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| a measure of how often the assay will diagnose the disease or condition in question in a group of patients who have the disease or condition |
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| the total number of times the test obtained the correct results |
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| the buffer that the dilution is made in |
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| predictive value that gives us the percentage of time that a negative value was truly negative for the disease in question |
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| dilution process in which several dilutions are made to arrive at the desired final dilution; used to make very dilute solutions |
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| a 1:2 dilution following by a 1:20 dilution is a 1:___ dilution |
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| predictive value that is the percentage of time there is a true positive result of the obtained positive results for a certain population |
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| fourth tube in a two-fold serial dilution that started with a 1:2 in tube 1 |
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