Decide whether the following scenarios are example of type 1 error or type 2 error or neither? Use the traditional 0.05 cut-off for statistical significance. In reality people who work in a hospital are not more likely to get the flu. A study samples people who work at the hospital and other workers. It finds that the percentage of hospital workers with the flu is 17% and the proportion of other workers with the flu is 8%. The p-value for the difference between the two groups of workers is 0.04.     Type 1 error     Neither     Type 2 error

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Decide whether the following scenarios are example of type 1 error or type 2 error or neither? Use the traditional 0.05 cut-off for statistical significance.

In reality people who work in a hospital are not more likely to get the flu. A study samples people who work at the hospital and other workers. It finds that the percentage of hospital workers with the flu is 17% and the proportion of other workers with the flu is 8%. The p-value for the difference between the two groups of workers is 0.04.

   

Type 1 error

   

Neither

   

Type 2 error

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