In Rosenhan's Experiment in Which He and Several Colleagues Had

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In Rosenhan's experiment in which he and several colleagues had themselves committed to mental hospitals with a diagnosis of "schizophrenia," the staff at the hospital never recognized these phony patients as "phony," although the real patients did see through their pretense.

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Definitions:

Mean Squared Error

A measure of the average squared difference between the estimated values and what is estimated, often used in statistics and machine learning to assess the accuracy of models.

Coefficient of Correlation

A statistical measure that indicates the extent to which two variables fluctuate together. A higher coefficient suggests a stronger relationship.

Overall Error

Overall Error encompasses the total inaccuracies or deviations from a standard or expected outcome, combining both systematic and random errors.

Negative Regression Slope

A negative regression slope indicates an inverse relationship between two variables in statistical modeling, where an increase in one variable results in a decrease in another.