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That is how tests are described in scientific circles, but not with the general public. An overall `accuracy` number is usually given.

• amelius 5y ago
  Perhaps multiply sensitivity by specificity then, to get a single number that the public can use?
  • thaumasiotes 5y ago
    That's not a number the public can use. What would it be supposed to mean?
    • amelius 5y ago
      A fuzzy AND of sensitivity and specificity. Another option is to take the minimum (part of the Zadeh operators). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_logic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy_logic
      • cortesoft 5y ago
        The point isn’t that you can’t create a single number that can represent the effectiveness, just that you can’t get a single number that the public will understand. People have enough trouble with simple percentages.