Jenny hypothesized that older adults would score higher on emotional intelligence measures compared to younger adults in her study.If Jenny erroneously rejected the null hypothesis, she would be committing what type of error?
A) Type I error
B) Type II error
C) statistical error
D) sampling bias

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If Jenny erroneously rejected the null hypothesis, it means that she would have found a significant difference between the groups when there actually isn't one. This is a Type I error, which is the rejection of a true null hypothesis.

Jenny Hypothesized That Older Adults Would Score Higher on Emotional