polymathwannabe comments on Open thread, July 21-27, 2014 - Less Wrong
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Accurately detecting a cancer that does exist.
The accuracy of a test is generally defined as (Σ True positive + Σ True negative/Σ Total population). That something different then the sensitivity of a test.
I think it's useful to use the terms used in the statistical literature when talking about something like this instead of making up vague one on your own.