False negative
A relevant condition the system fails to detect.
What False negative does not show
It is measurable only where the condition’s presence is independently known.
Related terms in Measurement and evaluation
How a measurement earns trust: evaluation sets, error rates, calibration, reproducibility, and the biases that make a number look better than it is.
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Questions about False negative
What is False negative?
A relevant condition the system fails to detect.
What does False negative not show or guarantee?
It is measurable only where the condition’s presence is independently known.
Which area of the glossary does False negative belong to?
Measurement and evaluation: How a measurement earns trust: evaluation sets, error rates, calibration, reproducibility, and the biases that make a number look better than it is.
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