Type I - Statistics

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Type I errors occur when a researcher incorrectly                      the                        hypothesis; therefore, they erroneously accept the                      hypothesis.

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Type I errors are made when a researcher incorrectly rejects the null hypothesis and erroneously accepts the alternative hypothesis. For example, a researcher may incorrectly conclude that two plant treatments are different by erroneously rejecting the null hypothesis. As a result they may assume that they have differing effects when they are—in fact— the same.

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