What Is a Type I Error and What Is a Type

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Essay

What is a Type I error and what is a Type II error? Give an example using an over-the-counter pregnancy test.

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Definitions:

Phenylketonuria

A genetic disorder resulting in an inability to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine, requiring a strict diet to prevent intellectual disability and other health problems.

PKU

Phenylketonuria, a rare inherited disorder that increases the levels of a substance called phenylalanine in the blood, requiring dietary management.

Normalization Principle

A principle advocating that people with disabilities should have living conditions akin to those of the rest of society.

FASD

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy.