What type of error (Type I or II)is being made here: a. The industrial-organizational psychologist from...

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What type of error (Type I or II)is being made here: a. The industrial-organizational psychologist from the question above concluded that workspace (cubicles versus enclosed offices) does not affect employee morale. However, the researcher did not ask each group of employees the same number or type of questions, and therefore the conclusion was not correct. b. A researcher concludes that therapy clients with major depressive disorder who have ongoing structured assessments of therapy seem to have lower post-therapy depression levels on average than do clients who do not have ongoing structured assessments. However, after the data is collected, it is discovered that the clients who did have the structured assessments only received half of the depression survey, thus making the conclusions incorrect. What type of error (Type I or II)is being made here: a. The industrial-organizational psychologist from the question above concluded that workspace (cubicles versus enclosed offices) does not affect employee morale. However, the researcher did not ask each group of employees the same number or type of questions, and therefore the conclusion was not correct. b. A researcher concludes that therapy clients with major depressive disorder who have ongoing structured assessments of therapy seem to have lower post-therapy depression levels on average than do clients who do not have ongoing structured assessments. However, after the data is collected, it is discovered that the clients who did have the structured assessments only received half of the depression survey, thus making the conclusions incorrect.

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In both scenarios Type II errors are being made which are errors related to failing to reject a fa... View the full answer