Jenny hypothesized that older adults would score higher on emotional intelligence measures compared to younger adults in her study.If Jenny commits a false-negative error, then she has committed a:
A) Type I error.
B) Type II error.
C) statistical error.
D) sampling bias.

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If Jenny commits a false-negative error, it means that she failed to reject a false null hypothesis that there is no significant difference between emotional intelligence scores of older and younger adults when in fact there is. This is a Type II error where she accepted a false null hypothesis.

Jenny Hypothesized That Older Adults Would Score Higher on Emotional