type 2 error
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Introduction
Incorrectly concluding there is no statistically significant difference between the experimental & control groups.
Small studies with small numbers of subjects, may not have sufficient statistical power to identify true differences between groups, thus may be subject to type 2 errors.
More general terms
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006