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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

Type I and Type II Errors Example

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Type I and Type II Errors Example

Null hypothesis- A patient’s signs after treatment A, are the same from a placebo.

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The level of significance is the measurement of the statistical significance.

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level of significance defines whether the null hypothesis is assumed to be accepted or rejected. It is expected to identify if the result is statistically significant for the null hypothesis to be false or rejected.

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The level of significance is denoted by the Greek symbol α (alpha).

Therefore, the level of significance is defined as follows: 

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To measure the level of statistical significance of the result, the investigator first needs to calculate the p-value. It defines the probability of identifying an effect which provides that the null hypothesis is true.