True positive
A detected condition confirmed as present by the reference standard.
What True positive does not show
It measures agreement with that standard, not necessarily real-world utility.
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 True positive
What is True positive?
A detected condition confirmed as present by the reference standard.
What does True positive not show or guarantee?
It measures agreement with that standard, not necessarily real-world utility.
Which area of the glossary does True positive 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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