The owner of Get-A-Away Travel has recently surveyed a random sample of 250 customers of the agency. He would like to determine whether or not the mean age of the agency customers is over 25. If so, he plans to alter the destination of the special cruises and tours. If not, no changes will be made. The null hypothesis µ≤25 and the alternative hypothesis is µ25. If he concludes the mean age is not over 25 when it is, he makes a ________ error. If he concludes the mean age is over 25 when it is not, he makes a ________ error.

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The owner of Get-A-Away Travel has recently surveyed a random sample of 250 customers of the agency. He would like to determine whether or not the mean age of the agency customers is over 25. If so, he plans to alter the destination of the special cruises and tours. If not, no changes will be made. The null hypothesis µ≤25 and the alternative hypothesis is µ>25. If he concludes the mean age is not over 25 when it is, he makes a ________ error. If he concludes the mean age is over 25 when it is not, he makes a ________ error.

anonymous · Answer

Your choices are "type 1" and "type 2"
Type 1 is also known as a "false positive"
Type 2 is also known as a "false negative"