hard · MCAT
In a clinical trial comparing a new hypertensive drug to a placebo, the researcher sets α = 0.05.
If the drug actually has no effect but the study produces a p-value of 0.03, what has occurred?
- A Type II error (false negative).
- High internal validity.
- High statistical power.
- A Type I error (false positive).
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