type I error

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Definition of type I error - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

mathematics

TECH.

error of rejecting a true null hypothesis

TECH.

The study had a high risk of type I error.

false positive

significance level

TECH.

probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis

TECH.

The significance level was set to minimize type I error.

false positive

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false positive

mathematics

type I error in statistical hypothesis testing

Examples of type I error in a sentence

Type I error can lead to false conclusions in research.
Researchers aim to reduce type I error in experiments.
Type I error can lead to false conclusions in studies.

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French:erreur de type I, ...
German:Fehler erster Art, ...
Italian:errore di tipo I, ...
Spanish:error de tipo I, ...
Portuguese:erro do tipo I, ...
Chinese:第一类错误, 型一错误, ...
Japanese:第一種過誤, 誤検出, ...
Arabic:خَطَأ مِنَ النَّوْعِ الأَوَّل, خَطَأ إِيجَابِي, ...
Hebrew:שְׁגִיאָה מִסּוּג רִאשׁוֹן, שְׁגִיאָה מִסּוּג רִאשׁוֹן, ...
Russian:ошибка первого рода, ...
Ukrainian:помилка першого роду, ...
Hindi:प्रकार I त्रुटि, प्रथम प्रकार की त्रुटि, ...
Bengali:টাইপ I ত্রুটি, ...
Catalan:error de tipus I, error de tipus 1, ...
Czech:chyba prvního druhu, alfa chyba, ...
Danish:type I-fejl, type I fejl, ...
Dutch:type I-fout, ...
Greek:σφάλμα τύπου Ι, σφάλμα πρώτου είδους, ...
Hungarian:elsőfajú hiba, téves elutasítás valószínűsége, ...
Khmer:កំហុសប្រភេទទីមួយ, កំហុសប្រភេទមួយ, ...
Korean:제1종 오류, 유형 I 오류, ...
Persian:خطای نوع اول, خطای آماری نوع اول, ...
Polish:błąd pierwszego rodzaju, ...
Portuguese (BR):erro tipo I, ...
Romanian:eroare de tip I, eroare de primul fel, ...
Swedish:typ I-fel, första typens fel, ...
Thai:ข้อผิดพลาดประเภทที่ 1, ความผิดพลาดประเภทที่ 1, ...
Turkish:tip I hatası, ...
Vietnamese:lỗi loại I, ...

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