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false positive
Definitions related to false positive:
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A test result that shows evidence of a result or condition although it is not actually present.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(false-positive result) A test result that indicates that a person has a specific disease or condition when the person actually does not have the disease or condition.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(type 1 (or type i) error) Error made when a null hypothesis is rejected but is actually true.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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