Evidenced-Based Medicine Flashcards
1
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Type 1 error
A
Null hypothesis is wrongly rejected, i.e. false positive
2
Q
Type 2 error
A
Null hypothesis is wrongly accepted, i.e. false negative
3
Q
Standard deviation
A
Is square root of variance; larger standard deviation equates to a larger spread of data; 1 SD = 68.2, 2 SD = 95.4, 3 SD = 99.7
4
Q
Nominal data
A
Categories of data which have names, but which are not ordered in any way e.g. marital status, gender
