types of errors

• what are the two types of errors?

  type 1 + type 2
• what is type 1 error?

  false positive -> incorrectly accepting the alternative hypothesis + rejecting the null hypothesis
• what should have the researcher done after committing a type 1 error?

  • accepted the null hypothesis + rejected the alternative hypothesis
• what is a type 2 error?

  false negative -> incorrectly accepting the null hypothesis + rejecting the alternative hypothesis
• what should have the researcher done after committing a type 2 error?


  accepting the alternative hypothesis + rejected the null hypothesis