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The rate of occurrence of negative test results in individuals who actually have the attribute or disease for which they are being tested.
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| false-negative ratio |
ABBR: FNR. The ratio of subjects affected by an illness whose test results wrongly suggest they are disease-free to all those subjects who have the disease. The false-negative ratio of a test is useful in determining the te
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| false-positive |
A test or procedure result that falsely indicates that a condition is present when in fact it is not. SEE: Bayes' theorem; false-negative.
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| false-positive rate |
The rate of occurrence of positive test results in individuals who actually do not have the attribute or disease for which they are being tested.
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| false-positive ratio |
ABBR: FPR. The ratio of patients who are disease-free but test positive for an illness, as a result of error, to all patients who do not have the disease.
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