document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1158147>Question 1158147</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A null hypothesis makes a claim about a..............A. Population parameter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. Sample statistic<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. Sample mean<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. Type II error </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We don't know the population parameter, and we will likely never know it. A sample is taken to estimate what the population parameter is.  The mean is one of several parameters, and a Type II error is the probability of non-rejecting a null hypothesis when it is actually false (a false negative). </SPAN>\n" );
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