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|Type I | |Type I | ||
|{{w|False_positives_and_false_negatives#False_positive_error|False positive}} | |{{w|False_positives_and_false_negatives#False_positive_error|False positive}} | ||
− | |A false positive is a result that indicates a correlation, when there is no correlation in reality. For example, a person may test positive (indicating that they have a disease), but in actuality they ''do not'' have the disease | + | |A false positive is a result that indicates a correlation, when there is no correlation in reality. For example, a person may test positive (indicating that they have a disease), but in actuality they ''do not'' have the disease. |
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|Type II | |Type II |