A woman takes a home pregnancy test because she fears she ma

A woman takes a home pregnancy test because she fears she may be pregnant. She actually is pregnant, but she hasn’t been pregnant long, so the test says that she is not pregnant. She concludes that she is not pregnant. Circle the best description of her conclusion, below.

Type I Error (False Positive)    Type II Error (False Negative)     Correct Conclusion

A researcher compares two methods for quitting smoking. Method A is using self-help group and Method B is using the eCigarette. The self-help group actually works better than the eCigarette, but when the researcher runs the statistics, she finds there is no difference between Method A and Method B. Circle the best description of the researcher’s conclusion below

Type I Error (False Positive)    Type II Error (False Negative)     Correct Conclusion

Solution

As we see, it has to be positive (pregnant), but it turned out to be negative.

Thus, it is TYPE II ERROR: FALSE NEGATIVE. [ANSWER]

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As we can see, this has to be positive (has difference) but it said no difference (negative).

Thus, it is TYPE II ERROR: FALSE NEGATIVE. [ANSWER]