Chapter 9, Problem 9PS

In the U.S. legal system, a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Consider a null hypothesis, $H_{0,}$ that a defendant is innocent, and an alternative hypothesis, $H_{1,}$ that the defendant is guilty. A jury has two possible decisions: Convict the defendant (i. e., reject the null hypothesis) or do not convict the defendant (I.e., do not reject the null hypothesis). Explain the meaning of the risks of committing either a Type I or Type II error in this example.