Type 1 and type 2 errors

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Intros
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  1. What are type 1 and type 2 errors and how are they significant?
  2. Calculating the Probability of Committing a Type 1 Error
  3. Calculating the Probability of Committing a Type 2 Error
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Examples
Lessons
  1. Determining the Significance of Type 1 and Type 2 Errors
    What are the Type 1 and Type 2 Errors of the following null hypotheses :

    This table may be useful:

    H0H_0 is true

    H0H_0 is false

    Reject H0H_0

    Type 1 Error (False Positive)

    Correct Judgment

    Fail to Reject H0H_0

    Correct Judgment

    Type 2 Error (False Negative)

    1. "An artificial heart valve is malfunctioning"
    2. "A toy factory is producing defective toys"
    3. "A newly designed car is safe to drive"
  2. Calculating the probability of Committing Type 1 and Type 2 Errors
    Suppose 8 independent hypothesis tests of the form H0:p=0.75H_0:p=0.75 and H1:pH_1:p < 0.750.75 were administered. Each test has a sample of 55 people and has a significance level of α\alpha=0.025. What is the probability of incorrectly rejecting a true H0H_0 in at least one of the 8 tests?
    1. Pacus claims that teachers make on average less than $66,000 a year. I collect a sample of 75 teachers and find that their sample average salary is $62,000 a year. The population standard deviation for a teacher's salary is $10,000 a year.
      1. With a significance level of α\alpha=0.01 what can we say about Pacus' claim?
      2. Unbeknownst to me the actual average salary of a teacher is $61,000. What is the probability of committing a type 2 error when testing Pacus' claim?
    Topic Notes
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    Type 1 Errors:

    A type 1 error is the probability of rejecting a true H0H_0.

    α=P(\alpha=P(reject H0 H_0| True H0)H_0)

    So in this case our hypothesis test will reject what is a true H0H_0.

    Type 2 Errors:

    A type 2 error is the probability of failing to reject a false H0H_0.

    β=P(\beta=P(Failing to Reject H0H_0|False H0)H_0)

    H0H_0 is true

    H0H_0 is false

    Reject H0H_0

    Type 1 Error (False Positive)

    Correct Judgment

    Fail to Reject H0H_0

    Correct Judgment

    Type 2 Error (False Negative)



    The Power of a Hypothesis Test is the probability of rejecting H0H_0 when it is false. So,
    Power =P(=P(Reject H0| H_0 is false)=1P()=1-P(Fail to Reject H0| H_0 is false)=1β)=1-\beta

    Recall:
    Test Statistic:
    Proportion:
    Z=p^pp(1p)nZ=\frac{\hat{p}-p}{\sqrt{\frac{p(1-p)}{n}}}

    Mean:
    Z=xμσnZ=\frac{\overline{x}-\mu}{\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}}