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by OJFord 1630 days ago
> > Though it does seem a little odd to me to object to the comment on the basis of a definition you introduce yourself

> Notice that I always talk in terms of the question being asked.

You were more specific, you replied to a commenter using 'false positive rate' as an undefined term; you introduced a definition. It's not the definition I'm familiar with; it's not the definition used on Wikipedia; I suggested it might (I don't know either!) be the definition intended by the commenter who used it.