1 An employer chose to test his employees for heroin use wit

1. An employer chose to test his employees for heroin use with an opiate urine test. One employee, Monica, had eaten poppy seed bagels, which caused her to test positive for opiates (even though she had never used heroin). The employer fired her for using heroin. Give the best description of the employer

Solution

1. false positive; type 1 error

2. false negative; type 2 error

3. type 1 error; reject null when the null is actually true.