A local investigative reporter decides to check the accuracy of polygraphs, so he asks a company to participate. The company calls several polygraph examiners to evaluate all employees who they say may have had access to equipment that is missing
Several of the polygraph examiners report that Ed is the likely culprit, despite the fact that no equipment is missing. What type of error have these polygraph examiners made?
a) false positive
b) false negative
c) true positive
d) true negative
A
Psychology
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