A student claims that he can correctly identify whether a person is a business m

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A student claims that he can correctly identify whether a person is a business major or an agriculture major by the way the person dresses. Suppose in actuality that if someone is a business major, he can correctly identify that person as a business major 87% of the time. When a person is an agriculture major, the student will incorrectly identify that person as a business major 16% of the time. Presented with one person and asked to identify the major of this person (who is either a business or an agriculture major), he considers this to be a hypothesis test with the null hypothesis being that the person is a business major and the alternative that the person is an agriculture major. What would be a Type I error? a. Saying that the person is a business major when in fact the person is a business major Show Timer b. Saying that the person is a business major when in fact the person is an agriculture major Question Completion Status: C. Saying that the person is an agriculture major when in fact the person is a business major. d. Saying that the person is an agriculture major when in fact the person is an agriculture major

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Type I Error (Reject H0 when H0 is true)

Ans : Option c.

Type II Error (Accept H0 when H0 is false)

Ans : Option d.

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