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False positive/negative

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Is it important that we remember the errors I and II are called false positive and false negative?

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365 Team 12 months ago
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Hi Orion,
 
It is not super important, however, many practitioners prefer using ‘false positive’ and ‘false negative’ instead of Type I error and Type II error. If you need it in practice, you will quickly learn the terms, so no worries!
 
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The 365 Team

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