Sentence examples for different definitions of gold from inspiring English sources

Accuracy measures (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values) of the 3 tests were calculated for 2 different definitions of gold standard: [ 1] 'confirmed TB' gold standard and [ 3] 'clinical gold standard' (including confirmed, probable and possible TB cases).

Because detailed patient data such as those we used for our gold standards are unlikely to be present in large health care databases, we used VA administrative data (that is, data obtained from the administrative records of patient visits as opposed to data extracted directly from the medical records) to test different definitions of ON against the gold standard definitions.

Generally, previous studies are characterized by use of different gold standards in the assessment of the validity of registries, different definitions of relevant diagnosis codes to validate as well as varying use of diagnostic procedures (such as CT or MRI scans), all of which complicate direct comparisons of existing results.

Accuracy measures of the 3 tests were calculated for two different definitions of the 'gold standard' reference test: (1) microbiological confirmation (confirmed group) or (2) 'clinical diagnosis' (clinical gold standard including the probable and the confirmed group).

"There are different definitions of transparency," he said.

A recent survey identified 35 different definitions of synthetic biology.

And they start with very different definitions of the debt.

But there are different definitions of halal, he says.

There are 42 different definitions of a small business.

The two studies offered different definitions of "sexual activity".

"Sara has declared that she chooses the truth; apparently we have different definitions of the truth.