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false positive n 1. (Medicine) a result in a medical test that wrongly indicates the presence of the condition being tested for 2. (Medicine) a person from whom such a result is obtained How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Corollary 3: If the prevalence of a condition is low, under 1 percent, even with high sensitivities and specificities, the likelihood of a positive test being false positive is considerable. 8 percent of the men would have at least one false positive in their scan. False positive and false negative identifications are common, particularly for spectra collected under realistically harsh field conditions. |
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