Jenny Hypothesized That Older Adults Would Score Higher on Emotional

question 41

Multiple Choice

Jenny hypothesized that older adults would score higher on emotional intelligence measures compared to younger adults in her study.If Jenny commits a false-negative error, then she has committed a:

• A) Type I error.
• B) Type II error.
• C) statistical error.
• D) sampling bias.

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