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You get a speeding ticket and demand a jury trial. The jury is under instructions to assume you are innocent unless proven guilty. You actually are guilty but hope that the jury:______________

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Answer:

Makes a type 2 error

Step-by-step explanation:

Type 2 error is an error which occurs at times when an individual fails to dismiss a null hypothesis which is actually false. Type 2 error, in other words is the non rejection of the false null hypothesis. It is also known as false negative findings.

It is incorrectly retaining the false null hypothesis (that is a "false negative").

Here the null hypothesis is that I am innocent.

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