Saturday, March 10, 2012

What is false positive and false negative in a dna testing for paternity?

i heard about false positive, and false negative in dna testing, what is that. tried to look for explanation but did not find a specific one. some explain that could be the father but shows negative,or shows positive is but is not the father.What is false positive and false negative in a dna testing for paternity?
This is news to me. I always thought it was foolproof. I did a search and it says that if there are 2 possible fathers, and they are biologically related, then a positive can be achieved for both. So there would have to be the mother's testing, and both possibilities and a comparison. Beside that, I found nothing else.What is false positive and false negative in a dna testing for paternity?
A false positive is when the test says someone is the father but they are not. The answer is affirmative, or positive, but false.



A false negative is when the test determines that someone is not the father, but in fact they are. In this case the answer is negative, but false.



For paternity testing I assume there would be a higher false positive rate than false negative if the test is done correctly. This is because there is always a small chance that someone shares DNA markers.What is false positive and false negative in a dna testing for paternity?
False positive result is when the test comes up positive (test said you are the daddy)but the results are wrong

False Negative is when a test comes up negative (you are not the Daddy) but the test is wrong.

In the diagnosis of a disease a false negative result would delay necesary treatmentof a disease because the disease is present but the test did not detect it.

In the diagnosis of a disease a false positive result would cause treatmentof a disease that is really not there.
a false positive is anything that leads to a result that is incorrect for a certain thing. like say i wasn't your real mother but in the lab i dropped my pubic hair into the test and it came up that i was your real mother... it's like that.

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