The Problem of Type I and Type II Errors Occurs

question 66

Multiple Choice

The problem of Type I and Type II errors occurs because

• A)researchers rarely conduct internally valid experiments.
• B)decision making based on inferential statistics depends on probabilities.
• C)the null hypothesis is difficult to define.
• D)all of these

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