A positive semaphore identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

A positive Sybase link identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

A positive Sybase result identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

A positive Informix result identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

Returns a positive LDAP link identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

Returns a positive mSQL link identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

Returns a positive mSQL query identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

A positive MS SQL link identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

A positive MS SQL result identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

Returns a positive key resource identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

A positive Sybase persistent link identifier on success, or FALSE on error

A positive FrontBase persistent link identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

Returns a positive mSQL persistent link identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

A positive MS SQL persistent link identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

Returns a positive MySQL persistent link identifier on success, or FALSE on error.

A positive FrontBase result identifier to the query result, or FALSE on error.

Returns a positive mSQL query identifier to the query result, or FALSE on error.

Returns a positive MySQL result resource to the query result, or FALSE on error.

Results of sampling, however, need careful analysis as both false positive and false negative results can occur.

A Type I error, or false positive, is believing a pattern is real when it's not.

Of the 99,500 people without cancer, 1 will test positive, yielding 995 false positives out of 1,470 positive tests. In other words, even if you tested positive for the cancer, the probability that you actually have it is only about 32 .

Naturally, individual cases dictate which tests and treatments are best, but an additional concern about frequent screenings is the problem of false positives. When one is looking for something relatively rare (whether cancer or terrorists), it is wise to remember that a positive result is often false.

Well, if you think that the rustle in the grass is a dangerous predator and it turns out it's just the wind, you've made an error in cognition, made a Type I error, false positive.

So, now a false count.

A False Alarm About China

There's a false sense of security.

So hopefully everything has been positive, positive, positive, more positive.

The False Promise of a Eurozone Budget

False.

False.

This is a positive sample.

That was a positive sign.

This is a positive trend.

Returns TRUE if a is a perfect square, FALSE otherwise.

The Panel also notes that this type of false positive match is a risk inherent in conducting computer matching programmes used to identify potentially overlapping claims (see paragraph 6 of the Special Overlap Report), a risk that is compounded by the transliteration of Arabic names into English.

A query identifier is a positive integer.

Our second type of error is a false negative.

Returns TRUE if var is a float, FALSE otherwise.

Returns TRUE if var is a string, FALSE otherwise.

Returns a search result identifier or FALSE on error.

It gives you the false impression it's a map.

So they're less likely to be randomly false positives, randomly false negatives.

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

My blood type is A positive.