When a judge sends an innocent person to jail he is making a

When a judge sends an innocent person to jail he is making a:

a. Type I error

b. Type II error

c. Type III error

d. Type IV error

e. none of the above

Solution

in court verdicts, null hypothesis is: the person is innocent (untill proven guilty)

detecting an innocent person as guilty is equal to rejecting true null hypothesis, i.e,

a. Type I error