Researchers thor used a hypothesis test to test the effectiveness of a drug he is developing. he obtained a p-value = 0.005 and concluded that the drug was effective (he used α = 0.05). Suppose the drug does not actually work. Which of the following statements is correct?   thor should not reject the null hypothesis because the p-value is too large. Type I error occurred. Type II error occurred. There was no error. I do not know.

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Researchers thor used a hypothesis test to test the effectiveness of a drug he is developing. he obtained a p-value = 0.005 and concluded that the drug was effective (he used α = 0.05). Suppose the drug does not actually work. Which of the following statements is correct?

 

  1. thor should not reject the null hypothesis because the p-value is too large.
  2. Type I error occurred.
  3. Type II error occurred.
  4. There was no error.
  5. I do not know.
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