See Also: type II error(medicine)
type i error(medicine)
Type 2 error (statistics)(health)
Type 1 error (statistics)(health)
error(dictionary)
error(dictionary)
error(encyclopedia)
Error(medicine)
Benchmark error(finance)
Measurement error(finance)

bear (iou) and type i error (medicine)


bear (iou)



bear verb2. M19.
[from BEAR noun1 4.]
Stock Exchange etc.
verb intrans. Speculate for a fall. M19.
verb trans. Produce a fall in the price of (Stocks etc.). M19.

type i error (medicine)


type i error


The statistical error (said to be of the first kind or alpha error) made in testing an hypothesis when it is concluded that a treatment or intervention is effective when it really is not. Sometimes referred to as a false positive.