The paper MRI Evaluation of the Contralateral Breast in Women with Recently Diagnosed Breast Cancer (New England
Question:
Suppose that for women recently diagnosed with cancer in only one breast, the MRI is used to decide between the two hypotheses H0: woman has cancer in the other breast Ha: woman does not have cancer in the other breast (Although these are not hypotheses about a population characteristic, this exercise illustrates the definitions of Type I and Type II errors.)
a. One possible error would be deciding that a woman who does have cancer in the other breast is cancerfree. Is this a Type I or a Type II error? Use the information in the table to approximate the probability of this type of error.
b. There is a second type of error that is possible in this setting. Describe this error and use the information in the given table to approximate the probability of this type of error.
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Statistics The Exploration & Analysis Of Data
ISBN: 9780840058010
7th Edition
Authors: Roxy Peck, Jay L. Devore