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False Positive/False Negative Rates/Sensitivity vs. Probability of Detection (POD)

Background  AOAC developed a concept known as the “Probability of detection”, or POD.  The POD model combines the sensitivity, specificity, false-positive, and false-negative parameters into one single parameter that covers all contingent ranges of concentration, both zero and non-zero. The POD model incorporates all of the performance concepts of these systems into a single parameter.  The POD statistical model was approved by the AOAC Official Methods Board on December 6, 2010.

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