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An error that occurs in significance testing when the null hypothesis is accepted when it is actually false. | An error that occurs in significance testing when the null hypothesis is accepted, when it is actually false. | ||
Also known as a 'false negative'. | Also known as a 'false negative'. | ||
Often known as the power of a test. | |||
Often known as the ''power'' of a test. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [[Significance testing]] | * [[Significance testing]] | ||
* [[Type I error]] | * [[Type I error]] | ||
Revision as of 23:00, 4 December 2014
An error that occurs in significance testing when the null hypothesis is accepted, when it is actually false.
Also known as a 'false negative'.
Often known as the power of a test.
