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John stepped on a nail a few days ago and has developed a bacterial infection that his immune system is fighting. The bacteria in his body that triggered an
Immune response are called


Definitions:

Type I Error

The mistake of rejecting a true null hypothesis, also known as a false positive.

Level of Significance

The threshold under which the null hypothesis is rejected in hypothesis testing, usually denoted by alpha.

Critical Value

A threshold or point on the test distribution that defines the boundary or limit for rejecting the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Type II Error

A statistical error that occurs when a null hypothesis is not rejected when it is in fact false.

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