Suppose an engineering firm is asked to check the safety of a dam. A) What kind of mistake would be made if the Ho (null hypothesis) that the dam is safe is wrongly rejected? B) What kind of mistake would be made if the Ho that the dam is safe is wrongly accepted?

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Suppose an engineering firm is asked to check the safety of a dam.

A) What kind of mistake would be made if the Ho (null hypothesis) that the dam is safe is wrongly rejected?

B) What kind of mistake would be made if the Ho that the dam is safe is wrongly accepted?

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