false negatives
Wrongly cleared cases
False negatives are test results that incorrectly indicate the absence of something actually present.
A medical test produces a false negative when it fails to detect a disease the patient has.
In screening, security, or diagnostics, false negatives represent missed cases—the thing you were looking for was there, but the test said it wasn't.
The rapid test gave a false negative; she was actually infected.
- misdiagnosisIncorrect identification of ailment
- errorFault in communication
- undetectedNot discovered yet
- under the radarUndetected by scrutiny
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
inaccuracy · specificity · mistake · omissions · type II error · cognitive bias · absences · unnoticed · blind spot · oversight · missed · missed call · recall · confirmation bias · undiagnosed · missed diagnosis · neglects · pathology
- perimetryperimetry, peripheral vision, blind spot test
- security metricsdwell time, mean time, recovery time, response time
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms
- research validityvalidity, reliability, replicability, reproducibility, generalizability
false negativesfalse positives
Incorrect affirmative test results
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