A Type II Error Occurs When the

question 58

Multiple Choice

A type II error occurs when the

• A)null hypothesis is incorrectly accepted when it is false.
• B)null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected when it is true.
• C)sample mean differs from the population mean.
• D)test procedure itself is fundamentally biased.

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