You believe that students at small liberal arts colleges attend more parties per

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You believe that students at small liberal arts colleges attend more parties per month than students nationwide. It is known that nationally undergraduate students attend an average of 3.2 parties per month. THe average number of parties per month will be calculated from a random sample of sutdents from small liberal arts colleges.

A. For the situation above, describe the Type I and Type II errors that could occur.

B. What are the general implications of making a Type I error? Of making a Type II error?

Explanation / Answer

A)Type 1 error--> reject the fact that liberal arts students attend more parties

when it is actually true.

Type 2 error--> accept the fact the liberal arts students attend more parties when it

is not the case.

B)rejecting a true hypothesis is type 1 error
accepting a false hypothesis is type 2 error

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