Ryan, a baker, measured the weights of cakes baked in each batch at his bakery and found that the mean weight of each cake is 50
0 grams. He performed a hypothesis test to find the mean weight of each cake by setting H subscript 0 equals 500 and H subscript a less than 500. Select the statement that indicates a Type I error. a) Rejecting the mean weight of each cake as 500 grams when H subscript 0 equals 500.
b) Rejecting the mean weight of each cake as 500 grams when H subscript 0 less than 500.
c) Failing to reject the mean weight of each cake as 500 grams when H subscript 0 equals 500.
d) Failing to reject the mean weight of each cake as 500 grams when H subscript 0 less than 500.
Answer: Rejecting the mean weight of each cake as 500 gram when H subscript 0 equals 500
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that :
Null hypothesis : H0 =500
Alternative hypothesis : Ha < 500
Type 1 Error: Type 1 error simply occurs when we reject the Null hypothesis when the Null is true. Alternatively, type 11 error occurs when we fail to reject a false null hypothesis.
Hence, in the scenario above, a type 1 error will occur when we reject the mean weight as 500 even though the Null hypothesis is True.
