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A medical researcher claims that 10 % of children suffer from a certain disorder. Identify the type I error for the test.

a. Reject the claim that the percentage of children who suffer from the disorder is different from 10% when that percentage really is different from 10%.
b. Fail to reject the claim that the percentage of children who suffer from the disorder is equal to 10% when that percentage is actually different from 10%.
c. Fail to reject the claim that the percentage of children who suffer from the disorder is equal to 10% when that percentage is actually 10%.
d. Reject the claim that the percentage of children who suffer from the disorder is equal to 10% when that percentage is actually 10%.

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Answer:

D: Reject the claim that the percentage of children who suffer from the disorder is equal to 10% when that percentage is actually 10%.

Explanation:

In statistics, type I error is when we reject the null hypothesis even when it is true.

Now, the claim which is the null hypothesis is that that 10 % of children suffer from a certain disorder.

This means that a type I error will be;

Reject the claim that the percentage of children who suffer from the disorder is equal to 10% when that percentage is actually 10%.

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