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Sensitivity (true positive rate)

Definition

The proportion of true matches correctly identified as matches. Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = 1 minus FNR. A method with high sensitivity rarely misses a true match.

Related terms

Decision threshold
The cut-off score above which a classification method declares a positive result. Raising the threshold reduces FPR but increases FNR; lowering it...
False negative rate (FNR)
The proportion of true matches (or true positives) that a classification method fails to detect, declaring them as non-matches. Also called the...
False positive rate (FPR)
The proportion of true non-matches (or true negatives) that a classification method declares as matches (or positives). Also called the type I...
ROC curve
Receiver operating characteristic curve: a plot of sensitivity (y-axis) against FPR (x-axis) as the decision threshold is swept from its most lenient...
Specificity (true negative rate)
The proportion of true non-matches correctly identified as non-matches. Specificity = TN / (TN + FP) = 1 minus FPR. A method...

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