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central tendency

A single value that attempts to describe a set of data by identifying the central position within that set of data.

class intervals

A subset of a dataset representing one of the bars on a histogram. The data is subdivided according to the value of the independent variable and, generally, each class interval is of equal width.

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)

A not-for-profit organisation fostering excellence in laboratory medicine, creating best practice standards and guidelines for antimicrobial susceptibility testing and quality management systems.

clinical breakpoint

A discriminating concentration used in the interpretation of susceptibility tests to define isolates as susceptible or resistant.

continuous data

Numeric data or variables which can take on any value within a range. For example, temperature. 

correlation

The relationship between two numerical variables.

cut-off

A value used to split continuous data into categories; for example, into resistant and susceptible isolates.

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