The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 19 - From Data Production to Inference: Part III Review - Supplementary Exercises - Page 452: 19.65

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A Type I Error is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it shouldn't be rejected. Thus here the error is saying that the mean IQ for very-low-birth-weight males is less than $100$ although it's not less than $100.$ A Type II Error is the probability of accepting the null hypothesis when it shouldn't be accepted. Thus here the error is saying that the mean IQ for very-low-birth-weight males is $100$ although it is less than $100$.
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