The phrase "assume specificity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that one should take on a precise or detailed approach regarding a subject or topic.
Example: "In order to improve our analysis, we need to assume specificity when discussing the parameters of the project."
Alternatives: "adopt precision" or "take on detail".
The distinction between phenomena and mechanisms assumes specificity; i.e., there are specific phenomena (somite formation in vertebrates) or mechanisms (collinear Hox gene expression) in view when judging the relationship between source (model) and target.
Part of the assumed specificity could therefore be an artifact of the analysis.
We assumed specificity of the screening test to detect MRSA to be 100%, and independent estimates have confirmed that specificity closely approaches this value.
The most cost-effective strategy was to administer QFT-G in BCG-vaccinated contacts and reserve TST for all other patients, assuming specificity for the TST of more than 99% in all BCG-unvaccinated subgroups, but of only 96% for the QFT.
Unfortunately, we were unable to calculate the specificity of death certificate data for reporting systemic amyloidosis because we do not have further clinical information on many of the relevant individuals although, given that amyloid histology is required for diagnosis and is extremely specific, one can assume that specificity is likely to be very high.
All subsequent analyses considering host virus specificity commonly follow this naming convention as a hypothesis to assume host specificity or at least host preference.
Using this figure, the proportion of tuberculin test conversion due to boosting can be estimated from the predicted probability of being ELISPOT negative at both recruitment and follow-up: allowing for a specificity adjustment (assuming 80% specificity of the ELISPOT), the proportion of skin test converters estimated to have boosting ranged from 32% to 41% with increasing age.
We assume the specificity to be 1.0, as a culture-confirmed diagnosis of Campylobacter is unlikely to be false positive.
The reason for this might be that SDPclust does not assume that specificity should by monophyletic.
To do this, we had to assume a specificity or true negative rate, which we set at 0.9 (or 90%).
