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Are There Ghosts?

September 18, 2018From the book Math with Bad Drawings

A ghost hunt, sorted into true positives, false negatives, false positives and true negatives. The ghosts have opinions.

Transcript

"Question: Are there ghosts?" [A 2×2 grid] True Positive: [a ghost is found] "They're onto us!" · False Negative: [a ghost is missed] · False Positive: [a sheet mistaken for a ghost] · True Negative: [nothing found] "Srsly?"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-09-18-are-there-ghosts/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Topics
Statistics › False Positives & NegativesStatistics › Two-Way Tables
Level
High SchoolCollege
Themes
Literature & MythVisual Explanations