title: [The uncertainty of "accuracy". On the reliability of a variably employed concept].
abstract: A diagnostic "striking accuracy" causes more inaccuracy than accuracy. Undefined terms like this are nearly worthless because they are used differently in the literature and cannot be compared. To compare the results of diagnostic studies scientifically it is necessary to use defined terms.
mesh_terms: D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D009626:Terminology as Topic
vernacular_title: Uber die Unsicherheit mit der "Treffsicherheit". Zur Aussagefähigkeit eines unterschiedlich verwendeten Begriffes.