. In the 1980's it was generally believed that congenital abnormalities affected about 5% of the nation's children. Some people
believe that the increase in the number of chemicals in the environment has led to an increase in the incidence of abnormalities. A recent study examined 384 children and found that 46 of them showed signs of an abnormality. Is this strong evidence that the risk has increased?
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Step-by-step explanation:
We are given the following in the question:
The needle size should not be too big and too small.
The diameter of the needle should be 1.65 mm.
We design the null and the alternate hypothesis
Sample size, n = 35
Sample mean, = 1.64 mm
Sample standard deviation, s = 0.07 mm
Type I error:
- It is the error of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true.
- It is also known as false positive error.
- It is the rejecting of a true null hypothesis.
Thus, type I error in this study would mean we reject the null hypothesis that the average diameter is 1.65 mm but actually the average diameters of the needle is 1.65 mm.
Thus, average diameter is 1.65 mm and we decide that it is not 1.65 mm.