Type I Error

Definitions

Economics

• noun
  (written as type I error)
  an error found in decisions concerning hypotheses, when a correct hypothesis is not accepted, even if there is no good reason for not accepting it

Health Economics

• Rejection of the null hypothesis when it is true, that is, concluding that a relationship exists when it doesn't.

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Contexts for “Type I Error”

2 definitions in context
• Economics
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