Scribe Engineering, an information technology company, recently made a costly screening error when it underestimated the potential of a software engineer, resulting in a no-hire decision.The applicant accepted a position with a competing organization and developed a new, leading-edge software, taking away substantial market share from Scribe Engineering.What is this error called
A)a false positive
B)a false negative
C)a positive error
D)a negative error

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This error is called a false negative. Scribe Engineering underestimated the potential of the software engineer and made a no-hire decision, which turned out to be an incorrect decision. The engineer ended up developing a leading-edge software for a competing organization and took away substantial market share from Scribe Engineering. A false negative occurs when a candidate who should have been selected is rejected.

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