A patient named Diana was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, a long-term syndrome of body pain, and was prescribed

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A patient named Diana was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, a long-term syndrome of body pain, and was prescribed anti-depressants. Being the skeptic that she is, Diana didn't initially believe that anti-depressants would help her symptoms. However after a couple months of being on the medication she decides that the anti-depressants are working, because she feels like her symptoms are in fact getting better.

(a) Write the hypotheses in words for Diana's skeptical position when she started taking the anti-depressants.

(b) What is a Type 1 Error in this context?

(c) What is a Type 2 Error in this context?

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