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Confidence in recall differs depending on the level of stress.
Recall for participants in high-stress conditions will deteriorate over time.
Boys will have higher levels of confidence than girls.

For each hypothesis listed above, indicate:

A type I error and a type II error, given the context of the hypothesis
Whether the appropriate analysis would be a one-tailed test or a two-tailed test

Here is what must be addressed:
Explain whether each hypothesis is a one-tailed test or a two-tailed test.
Correctly identify the type I error for each hypothesis.
Correctly identify the type II error for each hypothesis.

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