Mr. Gaurav, (considered by his friends as the most eligible bachelor) proposed his long- time best friend. His best friend being a stats enthusiast accepts his proposal by rejecting the null hypothesis (status quo). What according to you were the null and alternate hypotheses? Can you define the Type-I and Type-II errors applicable to the given situation?

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Section12.3: Conditional Probability; Independent Events; Bayes' Theorem
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Mr. Gaurav, (considered by his friends as the most eligible bachelor) proposed his long-
time best friend. His best friend being a stats enthusiast accepts his proposal by rejecting

the null hypothesis (status quo). What according to you were the null and alternate
hypotheses? Can you define the Type-I and Type-II errors applicable to the given
situation?

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