Accepting the Null Hypothesis, When Null Should Have Been Rejected

question 29

Multiple Choice

Accepting the null hypothesis, when null should have been rejected causes the

• A) Type 1 error
• B) Type 2 error
• C) loss of degrees of freedom
• D) all of these, depending on the sample size

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