Type I error

the error of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is in fact true. Investigators make this error when they believe they have detected an effect or a relationship that does not actually exist. The projected probability of committing a Type I error is called the significance level or alpha (α) level. Also called alpha error; rejection error.

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negative contingency

see contingency.