When someone is on trial for suspicion of committing a crime, the hypotheses are: H0 : innocent HA : guilty Which of the followi
ng is correct? Question 40 options: Type I error is convicting an innocent person. Type I error is acquitting a guilty person. Type II error is acquitting an innocent person. Type II error is convicting an innocent person.
(A) Type I error is convicting an innocent person.
Step-by-step explanation:
A type I error is the rejection of a true null hypothesis.
A type II error is the non-rejection of a false negative/null hypothesis.
When someone is on trial for suspicion of committing a crime, the hypotheses are:
: innocent
: guilty
From the given options, A Type I error is convicting an innocent person. If the null hypothesis holds (i.e. a person is innocent) nut we still go ahead to convict the person, we have rejected a true null hypothesis.