type I error

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English

Noun

type I error (plural type I errors)

(statistics) Rejecting the null hypothesis when the null hypothesis is true.

Synonyms

(statistics): α error, alpha error, false positive, error of the first kind

Coordinate terms

type II error

See also

type I error on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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