Positive and negative (disambiguation)

Positive and negative are signs used in mathematics.

Positive and negative or negative and positive may also refer to:

Hard sciences

Mathematics

• Positive and negative signs, symbols
• Positive and negative parts, characteristics of a function
• Positive and negative sets, in measure theory
• Positive and negative zero, signed zero

Statistics and medicine

• Positive and negative predictive values, statistical measures
• False positives and false negatives, types of errors in binary classification
• Positive or negative test, possible result of a medical test

Humanities

• Negative and positive rights, concept of obligations
• Negative and positive atheism, forms of atheism
• Positive and negative feedback, qualitative types
• Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, a form of questionnaire measuring psychological effects
• Positive or negative externalities, economic activities
• Positive and negative politeness, types of politeness strategies in politeness theory
• Positive and negative value, ethic or philosophical values
• Positive-negative film, prints
• Positvity/negativity ratio, discredited concept in positive psychology

See also

• Positive (disambiguation)
• Negative (disambiguation)
• Pros and Cons (disambiguation)