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error of the first kind
(redirected from Type I and type II errors)

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error of the first kind [¦er·ər əvthə ¦fərst ‚kīnd]
(statistics)
type I error


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Error rates are proportion of times that type I and type II errors occur in the long run The truth Result of Null hypothesis true Null hypothesis false experiment (treatment doesn't work) (treatment works) Reject null Type I error rate Power=1-type II error rate hypothesis Accept null Type II error rate hypothesis
Sifting the evidence--what's wrong with significance tests? by Smith, George Davey / Physical Therapy
The researchers suggested that by prescribing the relationship between type I and type II errors in auditing standards, the misstatement can be adjusted.
The auditor's objectivity vis-a-vis material misstatements by Zhang, Ping / Journal of Accountancy
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