# false positives and false negatives

> types of error in data reporting, where false positive is an error in which a test result incorrectly indicates the presence of a condition, while a false negative is the opposite error where the test fails to indicate the actual presence

**Wikidata**: [Q18207010](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18207010)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_positives_and_false_negatives)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/false-positives-and-false-negatives


## References

1. BBC Things
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)