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You read that a statistical test at significance level $\alpha=0.05$ has power 0.78 . What are the probabilities of Type I and Type II errors for this test?
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In this case, the significance level is given as $\alpha=0.05$. Therefore, the probability of committing a Type I error is $\alpha=0.05$. Show more…
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