True and False Negatives

True and False Negatives

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What is the definition of a true negative? (e.g., is a smoke alarm silent because there is no smoke?)

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What is the definition of a false negative? (e.g., is a smoke alarm silent even when there's smoke?)

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What's a synonym for a true negative?

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What's a synonym for a false negative?

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A security alarm remains silent in the middle of the night when it detects a window being broken. This is an example of a:

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A security alarm remains silent when no thief is opening the window. This is an example of:

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A company is testing a new smoke detector. As we can see the test result below, what is the ratio of true negatives to false negatives (True Negative:False Negative)?

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A user is trying to unlock his laptop with the fingerprint scanning function. When is it a false negative?

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A user is trying to unlock his phone with his face. When is it a true negative?

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Driving a vehicle with Autopilot technology on the road, an automated emergency braking (AEB) system could detect a pedestrian crossing the car’s path. The table below shows a set of test records. How many true and false negatives did they find?

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