Absorption Rates into the Body Are Important Considerations When Manufacturing

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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 (G) is the same as its brand-name counterpart (B) . She has a researcher friend of hers run a
Small experiment to test $$\mathrm { H } _ { 0 } : \mu _ { G } - \mu _ { B } = 0 \text { against the alternative } \mathrm { H } _ { \mathrm { A } } : \mu _ { \mathrm { G } } - \mu _ { B } \neq 0 \text {. }$$
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 not.
• B) Deciding that the absorption rates are different, when in fact they are not.
• C) The researcher cannot make a Type I error, since he has run an experiment.
• D) Deciding that the absorption rates are different, when in fact they are.
• E) Deciding that the absorption rates are the same, when in fact they are.

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