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the test. Assume that a hypothesis test of the given claim will be conducted. Identify the type I or type II error for 3) The principal of a school claims that the percentage of students at his school that come from 3) single-parent homes is 16%. Identify the type II error for the test. A) Fail to reject the claim that the percentage of students that come from single-parent homes is equal to 16% when that percentage is actually 16%. B) Reject the claim that the percentage of students that come from single-parent homes is equal to 16% when that percentage is actually less than 16%. equal to 16% when that percentage is actually different from 16%. to 16% when that percentage is actually 16 C) Fail to reject the claim that the percentage of students that come from single-parent homes is D) Reject the claim that the percentage of students that come from single-parent homes is equal

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A type II error is incorrectly retaining a false null hypothesis (also known as a "false negative" finding).

Hence, we Fail to reject the claim that the percentage of students that come from a single parent homes is equal to 16% when that percetage is actually diffeernt from 16%

C is the right option

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