Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
A type I error occurs when the null hypothesis is rejected in favor of the alternative hypothesis when the null hypothesis is actually true.
A type II error occurs when the researcher fails to reject the null hypothesis when the null is false.
H0: woman has cancer in the other breast
Ha: woman does not have cancer In the other breast
A) One possible error would be deciding that a woman who does have cancer in the other breast Is cancer-free. Is this a Type 1 or a Type II error?
This error is a type I error as the patient does have cancer which should warrant failing to reject the null but the null was rejected in favour of the alternative.
A Type II error would be coming to the conclusion that the woman does have cancer in the other breast when in fact she does not have cancer in the other breast.
This is a second type of error that can occur and it is a type II error: failing to reject the null when not true.