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    There are two kinds of errors that can be made in significance testing: (1) a true null hypothesis can be incorrectly rejected and (2) a false null hypothesis can fail to be rejected. The former error is called a Type I error and the latter error is called a Type II error. These two types of errors are defined in the table.

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    There are two kinds of errors that can be made in significance testing: (1) a true null hypothesis can be incorrectly rejected and (2) a false null hypothesis can fail to be rejected. The former error is called a Type I error and the latter error is called a Type II error. These two types of errors are defined in the table.

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    Type I and II Errors

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    There are two kinds of errors that can be made in significance testing: (1) a true null hypothesis can be incorrectly rejected and (2) a false null hypothesis can fail to be rejected. The former error is called a Type I error and the latter error is called a Type II error. These two types of errors are defined in the table.

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    TypeIandIIerrors(1of2)
    Therearetwokindsoferrorsthatcanbemadeinsignificancetesting:(1)a
    truenullhypothesiscanbeincorrectlyrejectedand(2)afalsenullhypothesis
    canfailtoberejected.TheformererroriscalledaTypeIerrorandthelatter
    erroriscalledaTypeIIerror.Thesetwotypesoferrorsaredefinedinthe
    table.

    StatisticalDecision

    TrueStateoftheNullHypothesis
    H0True

    H0False

    RejectH0

    TypeIerror

    Correct

    DonotRejectH0

    Correct

    TypeIIerror

    TheprobabilityofaTypeIerrorisdesignatedbytheGreekletteralpha()
    andiscalledtheTypeIerrorratetheprobabilityofaTypeIIerror(theType
    IIerrorrate)isdesignatedbytheGreekletterbeta().ATypeIIerroris
    onlyanerrorinthesensethatanopportunitytorejectthenullhypothesis
    correctlywaslost.Itisnotanerrorinthesensethatanincorrectconclusion
    wasdrawnsincenoconclusionisdrawnwhenthenullhypothesisisnot
    rejected.

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