1. Then construct a table like the one below, displaying the outcomes that would constitute Type I and Type II error. (2 pts)
2. Write a paragraph explaining which error would be more severe, and why. (2 pts)

TRUE STATE OF THE WORLD (Which we usually never know, for sure.) GM roses are not HI is true: GM roses more resistant to are more resistant to blackspot than NGM blackspot than NGM roses. roses. HO is true: TYPE II ERROR: We GM roses are not decide that GM roses OUR more resistant to No error. are no more resistant DECISION blackspot than NGM than NGM roses, but in after taking a roses reality. they are. sample and HI is true: GM TYPE I ERROR: We performing a roses are more decide that GM roses statistical test. resistant to are more resistant than No crTor. blackspot than NGM roses, but in NGM roses. reality, they aren't. Type I: Rose growers Type II: Rose growers waste money buying don't buy GM plants. CONSEQUENCES premium GM plants. and lose money when OF ERROR: when less expensive the plants are infected NGM plants are just as with blackspot. resistant to blackspot