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What is the difference between type 1 error and type 2 error?

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Question added by Destaw Gisme , Customer service officer , Airport
Date Posted: 2015/10/12
Ghassan Abdulqader
by Ghassan Abdulqader , Business Development Manager , Souq.com

In statistical hypothesis testing, a type I error is the incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis (a "false positive"), while a type II error is the failure to reject a false null hypothesis (a "false negative").

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