The document discusses types of errors in hypothesis testing. There are four possible outcomes when testing the null hypothesis: accepting it when true, rejecting it when true, accepting it when false, and rejecting it when false. A Type I error occurs when the null hypothesis is rejected when it is actually true, resulting in a false positive. A Type II error occurs when the null hypothesis is accepted when it is actually false, resulting in a false negative. Type I errors are generally more serious since they can lead to unnecessary changes. In summary, a Type I error sees a relationship when there is none, while a Type II error misses a real relationship.
The document discusses types of errors in hypothesis testing. There are four possible outcomes when testing the null hypothesis: accepting it when true, rejecting it when true, accepting it when false, and rejecting it when false. A Type I error occurs when the null hypothesis is rejected when it is actually true, resulting in a false positive. A Type II error occurs when the null hypothesis is accepted when it is actually false, resulting in a false negative. Type I errors are generally more serious since they can lead to unnecessary changes. In summary, a Type I error sees a relationship when there is none, while a Type II error misses a real relationship.
The document discusses types of errors in hypothesis testing. There are four possible outcomes when testing the null hypothesis: accepting it when true, rejecting it when true, accepting it when false, and rejecting it when false. A Type I error occurs when the null hypothesis is rejected when it is actually true, resulting in a false positive. A Type II error occurs when the null hypothesis is accepted when it is actually false, resulting in a false negative. Type I errors are generally more serious since they can lead to unnecessary changes. In summary, a Type I error sees a relationship when there is none, while a Type II error misses a real relationship.
The document discusses types of errors in hypothesis testing. There are four possible outcomes when testing the null hypothesis: accepting it when true, rejecting it when true, accepting it when false, and rejecting it when false. A Type I error occurs when the null hypothesis is rejected when it is actually true, resulting in a false positive. A Type II error occurs when the null hypothesis is accepted when it is actually false, resulting in a false negative. Type I errors are generally more serious since they can lead to unnecessary changes. In summary, a Type I error sees a relationship when there is none, while a Type II error misses a real relationship.
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Types of Errors Transcript
Hi everyone, my name is Noor and today I'll be presenting on types of errors.
First let's go over the null hypothesis because this is important to understand the types of error. A null hypothesis assumes there is no relationship between variables. For example, I work in the operating room as a nurse circulator. A patient presents to preop with a cough. My hypothesis is that the surgery will be cancelled due to the presenting symptoms; and the null hypothesis would be the cough has no effect on the surgery occurring. Keep this example in mind as we move along. There are four possible outcomes of hypothesis testing they’ll occur depending on if you accept or reject the null hypothesis. The first option is if you accept the null hypothesis when it's true; this results in a correct decision, meaning no relationship exists. The second is if you reject the null hypothesis when it's true; this will result in a Type I error or a false positive. The third option is if you accept the null hypothesis when it's false; this will result in a Type II error or a false negative. And the last option is if you reject the null hypothesis when it's false; this will result in a correct decision meaning a relationship exists. So again, a Type I error is when you reject the null hypothesis when it's actually true. In other words, you see there is a relationship when there isn't one. Referring to our example, our null hypothesis was the cough had no effect on the surgery being cancelled. The Type I error would occur if we assumed that the cough will cause the surgery to be cancelled when it would not. This may occur if the patient’s cough is not actually harmful; it would cause the surgery to be postponed unnecessarily. The Type II error would occur if we failed to reject the null hypothesis when we should reject it. You think there's no relationship when there actually is. A Type II error may occur if we don't think the patient's cough has an effect on the surgery being cancelled. Maybe we think the cough is not harmful when it actually is. Now that we understand the two types of errors, let's compare them. Typically, Type I errors are more serious than Type II errors. This is because in a Type I error, you're typically implementing a change that is not necessary thus spending time, money and resources unnecessarily. Type II errors can sometimes result because of a lack of confidence in the hypothesis that prevents the researcher from seeing a relationship between their variables of question. In summary, a Type I error is when you see a change or relationship when there is not, and a Type II error is when you don't see the change or relationship when there is one. This topic may have been very confusing, but now you should be pros at telling the difference between Type I and Type II errors. Thank you for listening.