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Type I error
noun
- the error made in the statistical testing of a hypothesis by rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true.
type I error
noun
- statistics the error of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true, the probability of which is the significance level of a result
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Type I error1
First recorded in 1960–65
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