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A false positive, also called false alarm, exists when a test reports, incorrectly, that it has found a signal where none exists in reality. Detection algorithms of all kinds often create false alarms. For example, optical character recognition (OCR) software may detect an 'a' where there are only some dots that look like an a to the algorithm being used. In statistical hypothesis testing, a false positive test which rejects the null hypothesis when it is true is called a Type I error. ...
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a result that is erroneously positive (abnormal) when a situation is normal.
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| false positive |
Does not have the abnormality or disease and is incorrectly classified by the test.
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| false positive |
A result of a medical test that incorrectly shows a positive finding.
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| false positive |
a positive test result mistakenly identifying a condition that does not in fact exist
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