An example of a type I error would be: A.throwing away a perfectly good banana.

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An example of a type I error would be:

A.throwing away a perfectly good banana.

B. counting a student's multiple choice response correct when it is actually incorrect

C. eleasing a guilty defendant.

D. counting a student's multiple choice response correct when it is actually correct.

A.throwing away a perfectly good banana.

B. counting a student's multiple choice response correct when it is actually incorrect

C. eleasing a guilty defendant.

D. counting a student's multiple choice response correct when it is actually correct.

Explanation / Answer

A. Throwing away a perfectly good banana.

Type | error is when null Hypothesis happens to be true which means in the right decision we'd accept it But we end up rejecting it.

In the example above,banana is fine, which means null Hypothesis is true and to make the right decision we have to accept the banana, but when it is thrown it shows that null Hypothesis was rejected which was true showing type | error. Also known as false positive finding.

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