Question

Most email services provide spam filters.  Company ABC has a 98% accuracy identifying spam and a 93% accuracy identifying non-spam messages.  The company estimates that 70% of all emails are spam.   What is a false positive? What is a false negative? Answer Key-

Answer 1

A false positive is:

Your boss' email gets flagged as spam and placed in your spam folder.

A false negative is:

A spam email gets delivered to your inbox instead of your spam folder.