When the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) analyzes a new vaccine, they do astatistical test of the following null hypothesis-Ho: "The vaccine is unsafe."Explain in this context what a type I error and type II error would mean. In your opinion, whicherror would be worse, and why?

We are given one scenario and asked to explain the type I and type II errors. Also, state which…

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When the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) analyzes a new vaccine, they do a statistical test of the following null hypothesis- Ho: "The vaccine is unsafe." Explain in this context what a type I error and type II error would mean. In your opinion, which error would be worse, and why?