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//--></script><script src=http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js></script></div><h4>Type I and Type II Errors (Jump to: <a href=#lecture> Lecture </a> | <a href=#video> Video </a> )</h4><a name=lecture> </a><p>Here's the example from the previous lecture:<p>School District A states that its high schools have an 85% passage rate on the High School Exit Exam. A new school was recently opened in the district, and it was found that a sample of 150 students had a passage rate of 88%, with a standard deviation of 4%. Does this new school have a different passage rate than the rest of School District A? Answer this question using an alpha level of .05.<table class=figure><tbody><tr><td><img src=/images/null2.gif><tr><th>Figure 1.</table><p>We're testing to see if the statistic we calculate (for example "z") is within the 95% range we expect it to be. If it is, we will conclude that what we�re testing (usually the mean) is right where we expect it to be, so we will retain (keep) the null hypothesis.<table class=figure><tbody><tr><td><img src=/images/alpha1.gif><tr><th>Figure 2.</table><p>If the statistic we calculate is outside of that range, we will conclude that what we�re testing is not where we expect it to be, so it�s very likely that the null hypothesis is not true. So, we reject the null hypothesis and say that the alternative hypothesis is true.<p>In reality, the school we sampled from either has a passage rate of 85% (our null hypothesis) or it has something different than 85% (the alternative hypothesis). We haven�t measured the entire school, we only measured a sample of students. The decision we make will be based on the characteristics of the sample we�ve taken and what we know about the probabilities associated with the normal curve.<p>Because statistics don�t always accurately reflect the values of parameters, the decision we make may or may not accurately reflect reality. There are four possible outcomes, two of which are good, and two of which are errors:<p>Outcome 1: We reject the Null Hypothesis when in reality, it is false. GOOD<p>Outcome 2: We reject the Null Hypothesis when in reality, it is true. Type I Error<p>Outcome 3: We do not reject the Null Hypothesis when in reality, it is false. Type II Error<p>Outcome 4: We do not reject the Null Hypothesis when in reality, it is true. GOOD<table class=table><tbody><tr><th>Type I Error<tr><td><p>When we reject a null hypothesis that is in reality true, we have made a Type I Error.</p></table><table class=table><tbody><tr><th>Type II Error<tr><td><p>When we do not reject a null hypothesis that is in reality false, we have made a Type II Error.</p></table><hr><div id=video><a name=video> </a><object height=505 width=640><param name=movie value=http://www.youtube.com/v/FHT6e_mdGoU?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1> <param name=allowFullScreen value=true> <param name=allowscriptaccess value=always> <embed allowfullscreen=true allowscriptaccess=always height=505 src=http://www.youtube.com/v/FHT6e_mdGoU?fs=1&hl=en_US&hd=1 type=application/x-shockwave-flash width=640></object></div></div></div><p id=back-top><a href=#top> <span> </span> Back to Top </a><div class=footer><div class=span3><div class=footerback><img src=/images/f1.png><ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked"><li><a href=http://www.statisticslectures.com/> <img class=floatleft src=/images/foot1.png> Home </a><li><a href=/about/> <img class=floatleft src=/images/foot1.png> About </a><li><a href=/contact/> <img class=floatleft src=/images/foot1.png> Contact </a></ul></div></div><div class=span3><div class=footerback><img src=/images/f2.png><ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked"><li><a href=/calculators/> <img class=floatleft src=/images/foot2.png> Calculators </a><li><a href=/spss> <img class=floatleft src=/images/foot2.png> SPSS Tutorials </a><li><a href=/topics/prealgebra/> <img class=floatleft src=/images/foot2.png> Algebra Review </a></ul></div></div><div class=span3><div class=footerback><img src=/images/f3.png><ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked"><li><a href=/tutoring/> <img class=floatleft src=/images/foot3.png> Tutoring </a></ul></div></div><div class=span12><hr class=hrfooter> © 2010-2012 StatisticsLectures.com</div></div></div>