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To: yazoo

Hmmmmm . . . interesting.

A TYPE I error is assuming the null hypothesis to be FALSE when it is ACTUALLY TRUE.

That is, when the null hypothesis states that NOTHING IS THERE, and one assumes it is FALSE—THAT THERE IS *SOMETHING* THERE—then that

is a TYPE I ERROR.

A TYPE II ERROR is

assuming that the null hypothesis is TRUE when it is ACTUALLY FALSE.

That is, assuming that NOTHING IS THERE

WHEN THERE REALLY IS *SOMETHING* THERE

is a TYPE II ERROR.

EVERY NAYSAYER I’ve ever encountered has an

ILLOGICAL, BLIND-BIAS BASED ADDICTION TO LOVING, COMPULSIVELY DESPERATELY TRYING TO AVOID

A TYPE I ERROR.

One CANNOT lean sooooooooooooooo far over backwards avoiding a TYPE I ERROR

WITHOUT AUTOMATICALLY

BECOMING ENORMOUSLY VULNERABLE TO A TYPE II ERROR.

They are interrelated. There’s NO WAY to stack the deck SO WHOLESALE AGAINST GETTING CAUGHT BY A TYPE I ERROR

WITHOUT

FORCING ONE’S SELF INTO THE LAP OF A TYPE II ERROR.

CAN’T BE DONE OTHERWISE.

It is impossible to EXTREMELY AVOID TYPE I

WITHOUT

BECOMING EXTREMELY LIKELY TO BE SNOOKERED BY A TYPE II . . . AND TYPE II IS EVERY BIT AS DEADLY AS A TYPE II ERROR.


223 posted on 01/20/2009 10:34:51 AM PST by Quix (LEADRs SAY FRM 1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix

Hmmmmm . . . interesting.

A TYPE I error is assuming the null hypothesis to be FALSE when it is ACTUALLY TRUE.

That is, when the null hypothesis states that NOTHING IS THERE, and one assumes it is FALSE—THAT THERE IS *SOMETHING* THERE—then that

is a TYPE I ERROR.

A TYPE II ERROR is

assuming that the null hypothesis is TRUE when it is ACTUALLY FALSE.

That is, assuming that NOTHING IS THERE

“WHEN THERE REALLY IS *SOMETHING* THERE

is a TYPE II ERROR.

EVERY NAYSAYER I’ve ever encountered has an

ILLOGICAL, BLIND-BIAS BASED ADDICTION TO LOVING, COMPULSIVELY DESPERATELY TRYING TO AVOID

A TYPE I ERROR...............”

Could you dumb it down a little?


232 posted on 01/20/2009 10:57:26 AM PST by yazoo
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