The screening process for detecting a rare disease is not perfect. Researchers h

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The screening process for detecting a rare disease is not perfect. Researchers have developed a blood test that is considered fairly reliable. It gives a positive reaction in 96.0% of the people who have that disease. However, it erroneously gives a positive reaction in 6.5% of the people who do not have the disease. Consider the null hypothesis "the individual does not have the disease" to answer the following questions.

The screening process for detecting a rare disease is not perfect. Researchers have developed a blood test that is considered fairly reliable. It gives a positive reaction in 96.0% of the people who have that disease. However, it erroneously gives a positive reaction in 6.5% of the people who do not have the disease. Consider the null hypothesis "the individual does not have the disease" to answer the following questions.

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a)probability of Type I error =P(test positive given person does not have diease) =0.065

b) probability of Type II error =P(test negative given peson has the disease) =0.04

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