In the U.S. court system, a defendant is assumed innocent until proven guilty. Suppose that you regard a court trial as a hypothesis test with null and alternative hypotheses

H ₀ : Defendant is innocent

H _a : Defendant is guilty.

a. Explain the meaning of a Type I error.

b. Explain the meaning of a Type II error.

c. If you were the defendant, would you want a to be large or small? Explain your answer.

d. If you were the prosecuting attorney, would you want / 3 to be large or small? Explain your answer.

e. What are the consequences to the court system if you make a = 0? / 3 = 0?

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a Here the type I error is the error made by concluding that the defendant is guilty when infect he ... View the full answer