Statistically speaking, we are generally agnostic to which is a bigger problem, type I (false positive) errors or type II (false negative) errors. However, in certain circumstances it may be important to try and put more emphasis on avoiding one or the other. Can you think of an example of where you may want to try harder to avoid one type or another?

Write a polynomial function f of least degree that has rational coefficients, a leading coefficient of 1, and the given zeros. 1, 2−√3

Ateacher asked his students to vote for an animal to be their class pet. five-eighteenths of the students voted for a rabbit, voted for a snake, and voted for a hamster. which statement is true? more students voted for a hamster than a snake. more students voted for a snake than a rabbit. more students voted for a rabbit than a hamster. more students voted for a snake than a hamster.

Mozart lenses inc. recently introduced seelites, a thinner lens for eyelasses. of a sample of 800 eyeglass wearers, 246 said they would purchases their next pair of eyeglasses with the new lenses. lenses inc. estimates that the number of people who purchase eyeglasses in a year is 1,700,000. most eyeglasses wearer buy one new pair of eyeglasses a year. what is the annual sales potential for the new lenses.