Example sentences for: false-negative

How can you use “false-negative” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The high false-negative rate probably led to a failure to detect some symbiont transcripts.

  • This measurement technique is preferred because it has lower rates of false-positive and false-negative results than a spot urine microalbumin.

  • The conclusion is that it is possible and sensible to calibrate the test with respect to estimates of the false-positive and false-negative rates.

  • Similarly, we define the false-negative rate ( FN ) as the number of false negatives among the nonsignificant genes divided by the total number of genes, the true-positive rate ( TP ) as the number of true positives divided by the total number of genes, and, the true-negative rate ( TN ) as the number of true negatives divided by the total number of genes.

  • The false-positive rate is denoted α and false-negative rate β.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast