nondetection
English
Etymology
non- + detection
Noun
nondetection (plural nondetections)
- A failure to detect; a negative result
- 2008, C. Swyngedouw & R. Lessard, “Quality Control in Soil Chemical Analysis”, in Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis, →ISBN, page 56:
- Still, at the 3 sigma level, there is about a 50% chance of a false negative if data are censored below that level and are treated as nondetections.
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Related terms
- detection
- misdetection