| DE | deprived eye; diagnostic error; dialysis encephalopathy; digestive energy; dose equivalent; dream el... |
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| E | of M error of measurement |
| IEM | immuno-electron microscopy; inborn error of metabolism |
| MPE | malignant proliferation of eosinophils; maximum permissible exposure; maximum possible error; Medica... |
| mse | mean square error |
| error of the second kind | See: Error, beta. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| error-prone repair | <molecular biology> A type of DNA repair which occurs when both nucleotides in a base pair are missing, such that it is not possible to maintain accuracy. In general, the repair proteins replace the missing nucleotides randomly. The idea is that bad DNA is better than no DNA at all. (06 Mar 1998) |
| type i error | The statistical error (said to be of the first kind or alpha error) made in testing an hypothesis when it is concluded that a treatment or intervention is effective when it really is not. Sometimes referred to as a false positive. (12 Dec 1998) |
| type II error | The statistical error (said to be of the second kind or beta error) made in testing an hypothesis when it is concluded that a treatment or intervention is not effective when it really is. Sometimes referred to as a false negative. (12 Dec 1998) |