Absorption Rates into the Body Are Important Considerations When Manufacturing $( \mathrm { G } )$

question 24

Multiple Choice

Absorption rates into the body are important considerations when manufacturing a generic version of a brand-name drug. A pharmacist read that the absorption rate into the body of a new generic drug $( \mathrm { G } )$ is the same as its brand-name counterpart (B) . She has a researcher friend of hers run a small experiment to test
$H _ { 0 } : \mu _ { G } - \mu _ { B } = 0$ against the alternative $H _ { A } : \mu _ { G } - \mu _ { B } \neq 0$ . Which of the following would be a Type I error?

• A) Deciding that the absorption rates are the same, when in fact they are.
• B) Deciding that the absorption rates are different, when in fact they are.
• C) Deciding that the absorption rates are the same, when in fact they are not.
• D) Deciding that the absorption rates are different, when in fact they are not.
• E) The researcher cannot make a Type I error, since he has run an experiment.

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