Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The key difference between a false positive and a false negative is that a false positive ...

A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has shed light on a concerning issue in mammogram screening behavior, women who receive false-positive results are significantly less likely ...

Benjamin et al. know the risks of false negative errors, but they do not seem much concerned. This lack of concern is extra-statistical. It is a value judgment. If they believe that the horrors of ...