Analytical Specificity

For quantitative tests, the ability of an analytical method to determine only the component it purports to measure or the extent to which the assay responds only to all subsets of a specific analyte and not to other substances present in the sample.  The study to address analytical specificity typically uses non-clinical samples.




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