Result types

In a binary classification there you model has 4 outcomes for a prediction.

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Did the model get it right?

Yes

No

Did the model guess positive?

Yes

No

True positive

True negative

False positive

False negative

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This is explained by two binary decisions. Did it guess it to be positive or negative and was it correct. If it was correct it is True … if not it was False … . If it guessed it to be possitive it is … positive if not it was … negative. This combined provides true positive, true negative, false positive, and false negative.