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jmwrangler
Nov 15, 2007, 07:24 AM
Why should we tolerate the possibility of a Type I Error at all? Why not just set alpha = 0 and completely remove the possibility of rejecting a true null hypo.

terryg752
Nov 15, 2007, 03:10 PM
Simply because it would not be practical and/or cost-effective.

derobert
Nov 18, 2007, 03:13 AM
Not possible, even.