To Be or Not to Be: Control and Balancing of Type I and Type II Errors.

Cohen, Patricia

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Publication Date: 1982

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To Be or Not to Be: Control and Balancing of Type I and Type II Errors.

Cohen, Patricia

Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, v5 n3 p247-53 1982

The various costs of Type I and Type II errors of inference from data are discussed. Six methods for minimizing each error type are presented, which may be employed even after data collection for Type I and which minimizes Type II errors by a study design and analytical means combination. (Author/CM)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Error of Measurement, Evaluation Methods, Power (Statistics), Predictor Variables, Reliability, Research Methodology, Statistical Significance, Testing Problems

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