Adjusting the value of a cutoff point results in a trade-off between false positive and false negative cases.

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Adjusting the cutoff point in a classification model affects the threshold for classifying cases as positive or negative, thereby influencing the balance between false positives (Type I error) and false negatives (Type II error). Increasing the cutoff point generally reduces false positives but increases false negatives, and vice versa.

Adjusting the Value of a Cutoff Point Results in a Trade-Off