A medical researcher claims that 5% of children suffer from a certain disorder.

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A medical researcher claims that 5% of children suffer from a certain disorder. THe hypotheses used to test this claim are: Ho: p=0.05. H1: P<0.05. Identify the type 1 error for the test. A) Fail to reject the percentage of children is actually less than 5%. B) Reject the claim that the percentage of children who suffer from the disorder is equal to 5% when that percentage is actually 5% C) Fail to reject the claim that the percentage of children whi suffer from the disorder is equal to 5% when that percentage is actually 5%. D) Reject the claim that the percentage of children who suffer from the disorder is less than 5% when that percentage really is less than from 5%.

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Ans : B) Reject the claim that the percentage of children who suffer from the disorder is equal to 5% when that percentage is actually 5%.

(Type I Error: Reject H0 when H0 is true)

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