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  2. Category mistake - Wikipedia

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    The first example is of a visitor to Oxford. The visitor, upon viewing the colleges and library, reportedly inquires, "But where is the University?" The visitor's mistake is presuming that a University is part of the category "units of physical infrastructure", rather than that of an "institution".

  3. Medical error - Wikipedia

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    For example, if a doctor fails to order a mammogram that is past due, this mistake will not show up in the first type of study. [22] In addition, because no adverse event occurred during the short follow-up of the study, the mistake also would not show up in the second type of study [ 23 ] because only the principal treatment plans were critiqued.

  4. Type I and type II errors - Wikipedia

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    For example, if the p-value of a test statistic result is estimated at 0.0596, then there is a probability of 5.96% that we falsely reject H 0. Or, if we say, the statistic is performed at level α, like 0.05, then we allow to falsely reject H 0 at 5%. A significance level α of 0.05 is relatively common, but there is no general rule that fits ...

  5. Error - Wikipedia

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    An example of this would be the thermostat in a home heating system – the operation of the heating equipment is controlled by the difference (the error) between the thermostat setting and the sensed air temperature.

  6. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    For example, oxygen is necessary for fire. But one cannot assume that everywhere there is oxygen, there is fire. A condition X is sufficient for Y if X, by itself, is enough to bring about Y. For example, riding the bus is a sufficient mode of transportation to get to work.

  7. False positives and false negatives - Wikipedia

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    For example, when a pregnancy test indicates a woman is not pregnant, but she is, or when a person guilty of a crime is acquitted, these are false negatives. The condition "the woman is pregnant", or "the person is guilty" holds, but the test (the pregnancy test or the trial in a court of law) fails to realize this condition, and wrongly ...

  8. Correction (newspaper) - Wikipedia

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    Newspapers usually have specific policies for readers to report factual errors. Generally, this requires the reader to contact an editor, pointing out the mistake and providing the correct information. Sometimes, an editor or affected reporter will be asked to refer to a note or press release to determine how the mistake was made. [citation needed]

  9. Clerical error - Wikipedia

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    For example, in Ortiz v. State of Florida , [ 2 ] Ortiz had been convicted of possession of less than 20 g of marijuana , a misdemeanor . [ 3 ] However, Ortiz was mistakenly adjudicated guilty of a felony for the count of marijuana possession .