Consider the following hypotheses that relate to the medical field: H_o: A person is free of disease.
H_A: A person has disease.
In this instance,a Type II error is often referred to as ___________.

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A Type II error refers to incorrectly accepting the null hypothesis (that a person is free of disease) when it is actually false (that person has disease). This is also known as a false negative because the test result is negative even though the person actually has the disease.

Consider the Following Hypotheses That Relate to the Medical Field