A student scores very high on a graduate school admission test and is admitted to graduate school,largely on the basis of his test score.The student subsequently flunks out.In retrospect,the student's score on the admission test is BEST be viewed as a

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A false positive is when a test identifies someone as having a certain trait or condition, but they do not actually have it. In this case, the high score on the graduate school admission test falsely identified the student as being qualified for the program when they were actually not capable of succeeding in it.

A Student Scores Very High on a Graduate School Admission