A Professional Sports Organization Is Going to Implement a Test

question 75

Multiple Choice

A professional sports organization is going to implement a test for steroids. The test gives a positive reaction in 94% of the people who have taken the steroid. However, it erroneously gives a positive reaction in 4% of the people who have not taken the steroid. What is the probability of Type I and Type II errors giving the null hypothesis "the individual has not taken steroids."

• A) Type I: 4%, Type II: 6%
• B) Type I: 6%, Type II: 4%
• C) Type I: 94%, Type II: 4%
• D) Type I: 4%, Type II: 94%

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