Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun Also false negative.
- Medicine/Medical.
- a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding.
- a person who receives this test result.
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- any screening test result that failed to detect a person or thing being sought: Let’s hope the new body scanner doesn’t give us any false-negatives.
- a person or thing that is missed by such a test: Retrain your spam filter if you’re getting too many false-negatives in your inbox.
adjective
- pertaining to or being a false-negative.
noun
- a result in a medical test that wrongly indicates the absence of the condition being tested for
- a person from whom such a result is obtained
n.
- A negative test result when the attribute for which the subject is being tested actually exists in that subject.
File:False-Positive-and-False Negative Psych-Evaluation-Conclusions
False Positive vs. False Negative | AMS Grad Blog
File:False-Positive-and-False Negative Psych-Evaluation-Conclusions
Contingency table. True Positive, False Positive, False Negative
False Positive vs. False Negative | AMS Grad Blog
False Positives and the Base Rate Fallacy | Phoenix Area Skeptics
Contingency table. True Positive, False Positive, False Negative
False Positives and the Base Rate Fallacy | Phoenix Area Skeptics
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