"type I error" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: type I errors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=type I error}} type I error (plural type I errors)
  1. (statistics) Rejecting the null hypothesis when the null hypothesis is true. Categories (topical): Statistics Synonyms: α error [statistics, mathematics, sciences], alpha error [statistics, mathematics, sciences], false positive [statistics, mathematics, sciences], error of the first kind [statistics, mathematics, sciences] Coordinate_terms: type II error Translations (Translations): tyypin I virhe (Finnish), ensimmäisen lajin virhe (Finnish), hylkäysvirhe (Finnish), hylkäämisvirhe (Finnish), Fehler erster Art [feminine] (German), błąd pierwszego rodzaju [masculine] (Polish), eroare de tip I [feminine] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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