A group of 10 patients are to be tested: six are known to have a disease and four are disease free. If the four disease-free patients tested negative for this disease, what would the clinical specificity of this test be?
A) 100%
B) 60%
C) 40%
D) 50%

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Clinical specificity is the proportion of people without the disease who test negative. In this case, all four disease-free patients tested negative, indicating that the test correctly identified all true negatives. Therefore, the specificity of this test is 100%.

A Group of 10 Patients Are to Be Tested: Six