Type 1 and 2 errors

Question 1

What is a type 1 error?

Answer 1

Occurs when a researcher rejects a null hypothesis that is true

Question 2

What is a type 2 error?

Answer 2

Occurs when a researcher accepts a null hypothesis that was not true

Question 3

What does TTFN mean?

Answer 3

Ta Ta for now
Type Two False Negative

Question 4

What does having a 5% level of significance mean?

Answer 4

That there is a 0.05 probability that the distribution of results would have occured if the null hypothesis is true

Question 5

Are you more likely to get a type 1 error or a type 2 error when using a 1% level of significance?

Answer 5

Type 2- accepts the null hypothesis