We can use criminal proceedings to explainerror in hypothesis testing.Consider the following:would it be worse to convict an innocent man (Type I error)? Or to allow aguilty man to walk free (Type II error)? Explain both in the sense of hypothesis tests and in the context of the criminal justice system.

Fisher's (1925) text is the primary reason we use the alpha value of .05 as the threshold for determiningstatistical significance. Do you think that is an appropriate value? Should it be different? Should it vary based on the context? Explain your position.