Sentence examples for the test lacks from inspiring English sources

However, the test lacks sensitivity.

Although the test lacks specificity for colorectal cancer, it could be particularly useful as a triage test for patients with a positive faecal occult blood test.

The test lacks sensitivity, particularly in HIV-infected subjects, and has a low specificity due to cross-reactivity with the BCG vaccine and non-tubercular mycobacteria [ 7, 8].

Although urinary antigen testing can be used to diagnose pneumococcal pneumonia in adults, the test lacks specificity in children as a result of the high prevalence of pneumococcal colonization during childhood [ 49].

While measuring PDRICG represents a widely used and approved method for liver function testing in acute and chronic hepatic disorders, the test lacks detailed information about liver-bile interactions, thereby failing to evaluate specifically canalicular transport, an increasingly recognized component of sepsis-associated excretory dysfunction [ 3, 4, 7, 10, 16].

Thus, even if impaired nerve conduction occurred when a clinical test was negative, the finding would not necessarily imply that the test lacked sensitivity.

At least what the tests lacked in severity they made up for in disclosure.

That is, although the researchers recognised the advantages of the tests' multiple choice format for large scale administration, they also found that the tests lacked reliability, construct validity, authenticity, interactiveness, and a pedagogically desirable impact on English language education.

These results suggest that one of the reasons for poor sequence performance when transferring from the right to left is because the sequence structure developed during acquisition and used on the tests lacked access to the appropriate commands or the controller lacked the ability to implement codes that effectively manage the movement dynamics.

Thus, it is plausible that the CRA test lacks the appropriate sensitivity needed to discriminate strains that form thinner extracellular layers from those that do not produce the layer, instead placing both phenotypes in the same category (slime-negative).

Gallup argues that the performance of chimpanzees in this test indicates that they are self-aware, and that animals that fail the test lack self-awareness.