Which of the following statements are TRUE? I. Increasing the significance level of a test will increase the chance of erroneously rejecting a true null hypothesis. II. Increasing the significance level of a test will increase the chance of erroneously failing to reject a false null hypothesis. Only statement I is true. Neither statement is true. Only statement II is true. Both statements are true.

Calculus For The Life Sciences
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Chapter12: Probability
Section12.3: Conditional Probability; Independent Events; Bayes' Theorem
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Which of the following statements are TRUE?
I. Increasing the significance level of a test will increase the chance of erroneously rejecting a true
null hypothesis.
II. Increasing the significance level of a test will increase the chance of erroneously failing to reject
a false null hypothesis.
Only statement I is true.
Neither statement is true.
Only statement II is true.
Both statements are true.
Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following statements are TRUE? I. Increasing the significance level of a test will increase the chance of erroneously rejecting a true null hypothesis. II. Increasing the significance level of a test will increase the chance of erroneously failing to reject a false null hypothesis. Only statement I is true. Neither statement is true. Only statement II is true. Both statements are true.
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