Question: Type I and type II errors. I believe that the world is a flat disk. I walk 2500 miles to the California coast and since

  1. Type I and type II errors.
    1. I believe that the world is a flat disk. I walk 2500 miles to the California coast and since I didn't arrive back in Berea, I conclude that I must have been right. What type of error did I commit?
    2. I believe that the world is a ball. I walk 2500 miles to the California coast and since I didn't arrive back in Berea, I conclude that I must have been wrong. What type of error did I commit?
    3. The (as in being the significance level) is what type of error?

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