The phrase "a test for exclusion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are assessing or evaluating criteria that determine whether something or someone should be excluded from a group or category.
Example: "The committee implemented a test for exclusion to ensure that only qualified candidates were considered for the position."
Alternatives: "criteria for exclusion" or "assessment for exclusion".
The negative predictive value of neutrophil CD11b for identifying suspected or confirmed infection was 99%.This assay for neutrophil CD11b is a promising test for exclusion of early-onset neonatal infection.
However, we did not apply Quantiferon method as a confirmatory/complimentary test for exclusion of latent TB in them.
In an influential study, Call (2004) devised a food-finding task to test for exclusion.
‡Number needed to test to find one normal D-dimer test result The study shows that an age adjusted cut-off level for the D-dimer test for exclusion of pulmonary embolism doubles the proportion of older patients (>70 years) in whom pulmonary embolism can be safely excluded in comparison with the conventional cut-off value of 500 μg/l.
A backward selection procedure was performed using p>0.10 of the likelihood ratio test for exclusion of variables from the model.
We tested for interactions between eGFR and dipstick proteinuria and for eGFR and sex by fitting the respective interaction terms in the age-adjusted models and performing Wald test for exclusion of all interaction terms (in both the 6-month and 6- to-24 month follow-up cohorts).
It was an unprecedented and conscious decision not to acknowledge a deity in our constitution, other than by expression exclusion as a test for office.
Variables already included in the logistic regression equation were tested for exclusion on the basis of the probability of a log likelihood test ratio.
In sum: As the Court holds, the RICO cause of action meets none of the three tests for exclusion of state-court jurisdiction recited in Gulf Offshore.
The need for the development and evaluation of highly specific serological tests for exclusion of false positive results became imperative.
The application of the age adjusted cut-off value combined with a non-high clinical probability greatly increases the utility of a D-dimer test for the exclusion of venous thromboembolism in older patients, while hardly affecting the sensitivity.
