This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: The police arrested a suspect for the crime, but the person turned out not to have committed the ... (Read 87 times)

mp14

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 534
The police arrested a suspect for the crime, but the person turned out not to have committed the crime. This is similar to a _____ in research.
 
  a. correct decision c. Type I error
  b. null result d. Type II error

Question 2

Tina was looking for her homework paper on the kitchen table. When she didn't see it, she assumed it wasn't there. Later her brother found the homework on the kitchen table. Tina had made _____.
 
  a. a correct decision c. Type II error
  b. Type I error d. a null result



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

juicepod

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 310
Answer to Question 1

C
A Type I error occurs when we think something causes (is responsible for) something else when it doesn't.

Answer to Question 2

C
A type II error results when we look for something but don't find it.




mp14

  • Member
  • Posts: 534
Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


triiciiaa

  • Member
  • Posts: 349
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

Did you know?

It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.

Did you know?

The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates’s recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.

Did you know?

Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.

Did you know?

People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.

Did you know?

The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library