Question

In the article, Attitudes About Marijuana and Political Views (Psychological Reports, 1973), researchers reported on the use of cannabis by liberals and conservatives during the 1970's. To test the claim (at 1% significance) that the proportion of voters who smoked cannabis frequently was lower among conservatives, the hypotheses were

Answer 1

Option B.

Explanation:

According to the question, the data provided is as follows

`H_o : p_1 - p_2 = 0\ (p_1 = p_2)\\\\ H_\alpha : p_1 - p_2 < 0\ (p_1 < p_2)`

Based on the above information,

The type ii error is the error in which there is an acceptance of a non rejection with respect to the wrong null hypothesis. The type I error refers to the error in which there is a rejection of a correct null hypothesis and the type II refers that error in which it explains the failure of rejection with respect to null hypothesis that in real also it is wrong

So , the type II error is option B as we dont create any difference also the proportion is very less