type I error

mistaken rejection of a null hypothesis which is actually true
Intangible mathematical_concept Q1369227
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type I error

Summary

type I error is a mathematical concept[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • type I error's instance of is recorded as mathematical concept[3].
  • type I error's instance of is recorded as type of error[4].
  • type I error's subclass of is recorded as error[5].
  • type I error's subclass of is recorded as false positive[6].
  • type I error's part of is recorded as type I and type II errors[7].
  • type I error's opposite of is recorded as type II error[8].
  • type I error's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D005189[9].
  • type I error's MeSH tree code is recorded as E01.354.506[10].
  • type I error's facet of is recorded as positive case[11].
  • type I error's described by source is recorded as ISO 3534-1:2006(en) Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 1: General statistical terms and terms used in probability[12].
  • type I error's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/type-I-error[13].
  • type I error's different from is recorded as False Positive[14].
  • type I error's different from is recorded as type II error[15].
  • type I error's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12175tm4[16].
  • type I error's MathWorld ID is recorded as TypeIError[17].
  • type I error's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0015563[18].
  • type I error's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as false-positive-errors[19].
  • type I error's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as alfa-feil[20].
  • type I error's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as type_I-feil[21].
  • type I error's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[22].
  • type I error's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/false-positive[23].
  • type I error's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 51321[24].
  • type I error's ComputerLanguage.com definition is recorded as false+positive[25].

Why It Matters

type I error has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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