Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
KieliKäännökset
ranskafausse alerte, faux positif
saksaFehlalarm
unkarihamis pozitív

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

  1. A result of a test that shows as present something that is absent.
  2. (statistics) A type I error.

Esimerkit

  • A false positive from a cancer screening test will unnecessarily frighten a healthy person, a false negative will deprive them of timely treatment.
  • A false positive can be returned on a password checking algorithm when the password is tested against a dictionary but the password does not contain a dictionary word.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkofalse positives

(statistics) A type I error.

Diagram of a binary classifier separating a set of samples into positive and negative values. The elements in the green area on the right are those classified as positive matches for the tested condition, while those on the pink area on the left were classified as negative matches. The red crosses ( ) within the green area () represent false positives (negative samples that were classified as positive). Conversely, the green circles ( ) within the pink area () represent false negatives (positive samples that were classified as negative).