Question

Pregnancy testing: A college student hasn’t been feeling well and visits her campus health center. Based on her symptoms, the doctor suspects that she is pregnant and orders a pregnancy test. The results of this test could be considered a hypothesis test with the following hypotheses: H0: The student is not pregnant Ha: The student is pregnant. Based on the hypotheses above, which of the following statements is considered a Type II error? The student is not pregnant, but the test result shows she is pregnant. The student is pregnant, but the test result shows she is not pregnant. The student is not pregnant, and the test result shows she is not pregnant. The student is pregnant, and the test result shows she is pregnant.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is: The student is not pregnant, but the test result shows that she is pregnant.

Explanation:

The type II error, also called the beta (β) type error (β is the probability that this error exists) or false negative, is committed when the researcher does not reject the null hypothesis being this false in the population.

When the null hypothesis is false and you do not reject it, you make a type II error.

The answer is: The student is not pregnant, but the test result shows that she is pregnant.

Answer 2

The student is not pregnant, but the test result shows she is pregnant.