Alpha Risk

Published by Jeff Hajek on

Alpha risk is, in statistical terms, the chance of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is, in fact, true. In other words, it is a false positive (i.e. a good part is identified as a defect).

This risk is also known as a Type-I risk, or producer’s risk.

See Also: Producer’s Risk


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