Encyclopedia > Type II error

  Article Content

Type II error

In statistical hypothesis testing, a Type II error consists of failing to reject an invalid null hypothesis as invalid.

The symbol for the probability of a Type II error is <math>\beta</math> (beta). The power of a statistical test is defined as <math>1 - \beta</math>.

See also Type I error.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Brazil

... in world markets. Major export products include coffee, soybeans, iron ore, orange juice and steel. After crafting a fiscal adjustment program and pledging progress ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 31.1 ms