How to Teleport
I. Practice w/ Type I & Type II errors and Power
is true is not true
Reject
Do Not Reject
Identify a Type I error ( a false alarm)
Identify a Type II error (missing a detection)
P(Type I error) =
P(Type II error) =
Power of the test = 1-
Recognize the consequences of a Type I or Type II error
II. Multiple Choice. Identifying Type I and Type II errors.
1. An advertisement claims HairBuilder cure male pattern baldness. Your father, who wouldn’t mind having more hair, is evaluating the advertisement’s claim. If he makes a Type I error in his evaluation, which if the following will be true?
A. The cure really works, and your father believes the claim and buys the medication.
B. The cure really works, but your father doesn’t believe the claim and doesn’t buy the medication.
C. The cure doesn’t work, but your father believes the claim and buys the medication.
D. The cure doesn’t work, and your father doesn’t believe the claim and doesn’t buy the medication.
2. An advertisement claims HairBuilder cure male pattern baldness. Your father, who wouldn’t mind having more hair, is evaluating the advertisement’s claim. If he makes a Type II error in his evaluation, which if the following will be true?
A. The cure really works, and your father believes the claim and buys the medication.
B. The cure really works, but your father doesn’t believe the claim and doesn’t buy the medication.
C. The cure doesn’t work, but your father believes the claim and buys the medication.
D. The cure doesn’t work, and your father doesn’t believe the claim and doesn’t buy the medication.
3. Which best describes the power of a test?
A. It’s the probability that you mistakenly accept a false hypothesis.
B. It’s the probability that you correctly accept a true hypothesis.
C. It’s the probability that a test will successfully reject a false hypothesis.
D. It’s
is true is not true
Reject
Do Not Reject
Identify a Type I error ( a false alarm)
Identify a Type II error (missing a detection)
P(Type I error) =
P(Type II error) =
Power of the test = 1-
Recognize the consequences of a Type I or Type II error
II. Multiple Choice. Identifying Type I and Type II errors.
1. An advertisement claims HairBuilder cure male pattern baldness. Your father, who wouldn’t mind having more hair, is evaluating the advertisement’s claim. If he makes a Type I error in his evaluation, which if the following will be true?
A. The cure really works, and your father believes the claim and buys the medication.
B. The cure really works, but your father doesn’t believe the claim and doesn’t buy the medication.
C. The cure doesn’t work, but your father believes the claim and buys the medication.
D. The cure doesn’t work, and your father doesn’t believe the claim and doesn’t buy the medication.
2. An advertisement claims HairBuilder cure male pattern baldness. Your father, who wouldn’t mind having more hair, is evaluating the advertisement’s claim. If he makes a Type II error in his evaluation, which if the following will be true?
A. The cure really works, and your father believes the claim and buys the medication.
B. The cure really works, but your father doesn’t believe the claim and doesn’t buy the medication.
C. The cure doesn’t work, but your father believes the claim and buys the medication.
D. The cure doesn’t work, and your father doesn’t believe the claim and doesn’t buy the medication.
3. Which best describes the power of a test?
A. It’s the probability that you mistakenly accept a false hypothesis.
B. It’s the probability that you correctly accept a true hypothesis.
C. It’s the probability that a test will successfully reject a false hypothesis.
D. It’s