Intro Stats, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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Author: Richard D. De Veaux, Paul Velleman, David E. Bock
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Chapter 16, Problem 28E
Alzheimer’s Testing for Alzheimer’s disease can be a long and expensive process, consisting of lengthy tests and medical diagnosis. A group of researchers (Solomon et al., 1998) devised a 7-minute test to serve as a quick screen for the disease for use in the general population of senior citizens. A patient who tested positive would then go through the more expensive battery of tests and medical diagnosis. The authors reported a false-positive rate of 4% and a false-negative rate of 8%.
- a) Put this in the context of a hypothesis test. What are the null and alternative hypotheses?
- b) What would a Type I error mean?
- c) What would a Type II error mean?
- d) Which is worse here, a Type I or Type II error? Explain.
- e) What is the power of this test?
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