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In hypothesis testing, type I error is:

Answer: Rejecting true null hypothesis.

  • A Failing to reject false null hypothesis
  • B Rejecting true null hypothesis
  • C Accepting true null hypothesis
  • D Rejecting false null hypothesis

Correct answer: B. Rejecting true null hypothesis

Explanation: Type I error (alpha): reject a true null hypothesis (false positive). Type II error (beta): fail to reject a false null hypothesis.

UABA and BA onlyB onlyOutside both circles: complement of (A union B)

Venn diagram of the universal set U with events A and B, showing the intersection (A and B), the parts unique to each event, and the complement region outside both.

Concept context

Chance, events, conditional probability, and Bayes theorem

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