Re:Type I and Type II Errors: The Inevitable Errors in Optim...
by beagle3 on Thursday April 09, 2020 @04:20PM
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Maybe I can help you with that ... the mnemonic I developed is:
Type I error, with probability often denoted by α (alpha) which is the first (I) letter of the alpha bet. AL-PH-A stands for al ALlegedly PHalse Alarm. Or just fALse-Positive-HA!
(yes, it's stupid, and weird, but has been helping me remember it for nearly three decades now).
Type I error, with probability often denoted by α (alpha) which is the first (I) letter of the alpha bet. AL-PH-A stands for al ALlegedly PHalse Alarm. Or just fALse-Positive-HA!
(yes, it's stupid, and weird, but has been helping me remember it for nearly three decades now).