a. Explain the meaning of a Type I error b. Explain the meaning of a Type II error
Professor Henry can you fix the answer to which another tutor responded please? I will upload his response to the question. Thank you. In the U.S. court system, a defendant is assumed innocent until proved guilty. Suppose that you regard a court trial as a hypothesis test with null and alternative hypotheses:
Null: Defendant is innocent
Alternative: Defendant is guilty
a. Explain the meaning of a Type I error
b. Explain the meaning of a Type II error