false positive error

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Type I error Statistics An error that occurs when the statistical analysis of a trial detects a difference in outcomes between a treatment group and a control group when in fact there is no difference

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Alpers disease Type I error			With 238,135 requests for latent fingerprint comparisons in 2002 alone, a false positive error rate of 2 percent implies up to 4,800 false convictions or guilty pleas made in hopes of a lighter sentence each year in the U. Breaking up the forensics monopoly: eight ways to fix a broken system by Koppl, Roger / Reason In assessing the public's attitude toward risk and the consequences of error we must also be mindful of the political and media reaction to the most significant false positive error in recent history--the prewar intelligence assessments of Iraq's WMD program. The limits of intelligence in maritime counterproliferation operations by Allen, Craig H. / Naval War College Review False negative errors are more serious than false positive errors because intrusions are going undetected. Catching network chicanery by Proctor, Paul E. / Security Management			false conjugate false cyst false diverticulum false glottis false hematuria false hermaphroditism false image false imprisonment false joint false knot false labor false light false macula false membrane false memory false negative false negative error false negative Pap smear false negative rate false neuroma false nucleolus false pain false pelvis false personification false positive false positive error false positive HIV testing false positive rate false pregnancy false rib false suture false teeth false transactions false twins False Unicorn Root false vertebra false vocal cord false waters false-negative false-negative rate false-negative reaction false-positive false-positive rate false-positive reaction falsification falsification of clinical credentials falsify Falstaff Snore falx falx cerebelli falx cerebri			False parasol mushroom False parasol mushroom False passage false pelvis false pelvis false pelvis False pennyroyal False personation False personation false personification False perspective False perspective False perspective false pile false pimpernel False pipefish false plate false plate false plea false pneumothorax false pneumothorax false pneumothorax False position False position method False position method false positive false positive false positive false positive false positive false positive error false positive HIV testing False Positive Rate False Positive Rate false positive reaction false positive reaction false positive reaction false positive reaction false positive reaction false positive reactor false positive reactor false positive reactor False Positive Report Probability False Positives Per Window false pregnancy false pregnancy false pregnancy false pregnancy false pregnancy, phantom pregnancy false pregnancy, phantom pregnancy false pregnancy, phantom pregnancy false pregnancy, phantom pregnancy false pretence False pretences False pretences false pretense false pretense False pretenses False pretenses false pretension false pretensions

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