Question

Sensitivity refers to the ability to find as many correct hits as possible.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was asked by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

My question is based upon Heuristic Database Searching topic in division Database Similarity Searching of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

The correct choice is (a) True

For explanation I would say: Among the unique requirements for implementing algorithms for sequence database Searching, the first criterion is sensitivity, which refers to the ability to find as many correct hits as possible. It is measured by the extent of inclusion of correctly identified sequence members of the same family. These correct hits are considered ‘true positives’ in the database searching exercise.