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16 November, 17:52

Jessica takes a prenatal development test, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), that indicates her fetus may have a problem. Later, it is found that the fetus is normal. The result of the test is known as a:

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  1. 16 November, 18:04
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    False positive

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    A false positive is a type of error that occurs in data reporting, whereby a test result falsely reports the presence of a condition, for instance a disease, when the condition is not present in reality. It can also be referred to as a false alarm, as the test result shows positive (presence of a disease), when in actual fact it is negative (absence of a disease).

    Jessica's first result indicated the presence of a problem when in actually fact there was no problem, this means the first result was false positive.
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