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Use the following table when answering Questions 44 - 48:
Data Indicates You Should: The Actual Situation:
H0 is True HA is True
Believe H0
Believe HA A
C B
D
44. The correct missing description of the conditions defined by cell A is
a. Type I error committed.
b. Type II error committed.
c. you correctly believe a true null hypothesis.
d. you correctly reject the null hypothesis.
e. None of the above
45. The correct missing description of the conditions defined by cell B is
a. Type I error committed.
b. Type II error committed.
c. you correctly believe a true null hypothesis.
d. you correctly reject the null hypothesis.
e. None of the above
46. The correct missing description of the conditions defined by cell C is
a. Type I error committed.
b. Type II error committed.
c. you correctly believe a true null hypothesis.
d. you correctly reject the null hypothesis.
e. None of the above
47. The correct missing description of the conditions defined by cell D is
a. Type I error committed.
b. Type II error committed.
c. you correctly believe a true null hypothesis.
d. you correctly reject the null hypothesis.
e. None of the above
48. As the probability of making a Type I error increases
a.  decreases.
b.  increases.
c.  +  increases
d. Nothing will change
e.  decreases
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Type I error, also known as an "error of the first kind", an α error, or a "false positive": the error of rejecting a null hypothesis when it is actually true. In other words, this is the error of accepting an alternative hypothesis (the real hypothesis of interest) when the results can be attributed to ...
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