Glossary Term
False Negative
A test result that shows no evidence of a result or condition although it is present.
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Glossary Term
A test result that shows no evidence of a result or condition although it is present.
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Problem associated with the device incorrectly reporting that something has not been detected and may mislead the operator into not taking certain actions when action should be taken.
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A sequential p-value procedure that controls expected false discovery rate.
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The probability that a test will produce a true negative result when used on non-effected subjects as compared to a reference or "gold standard". The specificity of a test can be determined by calculating: number of true negative results divided by the sum of true negative results plus number of false positive results.
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A statistical method used for multiple testing corrections to control the expected proportion of false positives (Type I error) among rejected tests or hypotheses. It is less stringent than other multiple testing corrections and thereby, will allow a percentage of false positives.
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A test result that shows evidence of a result or condition although it is not actually present.
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Problem associated with the device incorrectly reporting that something has been detected and may mislead the operator to take certain actions.
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The minimum False Discovery Rate (FDR) value required for a test to be considered significant.