In the Country A legal system, a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Consider a nullhypothesis, H0, that the def
endant is innocent, and an alternative hypothesis, H1, that the defendant is guilty. A jury has two possible decisions: Convict the defendant (i.e., reject the nullhypothesis) or do not convict the defendant (i.e., do not reject the null hypothesis). Explain the meaning of the risks of committing either a Type I or Type II error in this example.
Using error concepts, it is found that in this problem, a type I error would be finding an innocent person guilty, while a type II error would be finding a guilty person innocent.
<h3>What are Type I and Type II errors?</h3>
Type I: Rejection of a true null hypothesis. The null hypothesis is true, but from a sample, you get enough evidence to reject.
Type II: Non-rejection of a false null hypothesis. The null hypothesis is false, but from a sample, you do not get enough evidence to reject.
Hence:
In this problem, a type I error would be finding an innocent person guilty, while a type II error would be finding a guilty person innocent.
