A nurse researcher conducted a study to determine if two diabetic groups of pati
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A nurse researcher conducted a study to determine if two diabetic groups of patients were equal in their knowledge of taking care of themselves. Patients were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The dependent variable was the patient's level of knowledge on taking care of themselves.
A. The researcher decided that those receiving the interventionnhad more diabetic self care knowledge than the control group when, in fact, the group were equal in their diabetic self care and knowledgemore diabetic self care knowledge than the control group Which error or correct decision: a.type 1 error b. type 2 error c.. correction decision d.r2 error
A nurse researcher conducted a study to determine if two diabetic groups of patients were equal in their knowledge of taking care of themselves. Patients were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups. The dependent variable was the patient's level of knowledge on taking care of themselves.
B. The researcher decided that the groups were equivalent in their knowledge whwn in fact, the intervention group had more diabetic self care knowledge than the control group Which error or correct decision: a.type 2 error b. R2 error c.. correction decision d. type 1 error
Explanation / Answer
Ans:
Null hypothesis (H0): 1= 2
Alternative hypothesis (H1): 1 2
A)Type I error
When the null hypothesis is true and you reject it, you make a type I error.
B)Type II error
When the null hypothesis is false and you fail to reject it, you make a type II error.
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